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By Mark Hilton, October 5, 2019
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1 Mississippi, Neshoba County, Philadelphia — Grierson's Raid 1863
On April 23, 1863, Union cavalry led by Col. Benjamin F. Grierson approached Philadelphia from the north en route to Newton Station. Seeing armed citizens ahead blocking the road, which ran across this block, Col. Grierson ordered his men to . . . Map (db m141000) HM
2 Mississippi, Newton County, Newton — Grierson's Raid
Here at Newton Station, on April. 24, 1863, Federals under General Benjamin H. Grierson struck the Vicksburg-Meridian rail route, tore up tracks, & burned depot.Map (db m77265) HM
3 Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, Starkville — Grierson's Raid
During the Vicksburg Campaign, a Union cavalry raid led by Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson moved from LaGrange, Tennessee, toward the Southern Railroad at Newton, Mississippi. On the afternoon of April 21, 1863, Grierson's cavalrymen rode into . . . Map (db m102566) HM
4 Mississippi, Pike County, Summit — Grierson's Raid 1863
On the morning of April 30, 1863, Union Col. B.H. Grierson led the 6th and 7th Illinois Cavalry south on the New Orleans, Jackson and Greta Northern Railroad, burning the Bogue Chitto depot and a number of bridges, trestles, water towers, . . . Map (db m117518) HM
5 Tennessee, Fayette County, LaGrange — 4E 59 — Grierson's Raid — Apr. 17, 1863
From here, Col. Benjamin H. Grierson's task force (6th Ill., 7th Ill., 2nd Ind. Cav., Btry "K", 1st Ill. Art.) raided into the deep south. Using as advanced guard Federals in Confederate uniform and other stratagems, he cut the Mobile & Ohio RR at . . . Map (db m19303) HM
 
 
 
 
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Sep. 11, 2026