Benjamin Grierson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Union Army General
Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1826
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 31-Aug-1911
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Benjamin Grierson
- Benjamin Henry Grierson (July 8, 1826 – August 31, 1911) 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.
- He is most noted for Grierson's Raid, an 1863 expedition through Confederate-held territory that severed enemy communication lines between Vicksburg, Mississippi and Confederate commanders in the Eastern Theater.
- After the war he organized and led the Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry Regiment from 1866 to 1890.
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