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GRIERSON, BENJAMIN H.

\ɡɹˈa͡ɪ͡əsən], \ɡɹˈa‍ɪ‍əsən], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈaɪə_s_ə_n]\

Definitions of GRIERSON, BENJAMIN H.

1894 - Dictionary of United States history

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Born in 1826, conducted a successful cavalry raid from La Grange to Baton Rouge in 1863, and was successively promoted for dashing cavalry exploits until appointed a major-general of the U.S. army in 1866.

1894 - Dictionary of United States history
By John Franklin Jameson

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