Benjamin Grierson
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 113 years ago |
Date of birth | July 8,1826 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Pennsylvania |
United States | |
Date of died | August 31,1911 |
Died | Omena |
Michigan | |
United States | |
Battles and wars | American Civil War |
American Indian Wars | |
Service/branches | United States Army |
Union Army | |
Allegiances | United States of America |
Union | |
Job | Army officer |
Place of burial | Jacksonville East Cemetery, Morgan County, Illinois |
Battleswar | American Civil War |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 640800 |
Benjamin Grierson Life story
Benjamin Henry Grierson was a music teacher, then a career officer in the United States Army. He was a cavalry general in the volunteer Union Army during the Civil War and later led troops in the American Old West.