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Roughshod through Dixie - Grierson's Raid 1863

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Raid

MSRP old price: $18.95


Product Info

Title
Roughshod through Dixie - Grierson's Raid 1863
Publisher
Product Line
Category
Author
Mark Lardas
Publish Year
2010
Pages
80
Dimensions
7.25x9.75x.25"
NKG Part #
2147432986
MFG. Part #
OSPRAID012
Type
Softcover
Series
RAID12

Description

On April 17, 1863 Benjamin Grierson led a force of 1,700 Union cavalrymen across enemy lines into Confederate-held Tennessee in a bold diversionary raid. Over the next seventeen days, Grierson’s horsemen caused havoc by destroying railroad lines, attacking outposts, burning military stores and fighting numerous small actions, before breaking back through the lines at Baton Rouge. The raid was a tremendous success, not only by virtue of the destruction it caused, but also because the Confederates were forced to divert thousands of troops away from the front lines during General Grant’s critical Vicksburg offensive. This book tells the complete story of one of the most daring Union raids of the war.