Unlikely warriors
by William H. Leckie · 1984
Benjamin Henry Grierson was born 8 July 1826 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His parents were Robert Grierson and Mary Sheppard. He married Alice Kirk 24 September 1854 and they had seven children. Details his military career fighting in the Union Army in the Civil War and commanding the Tenth Cavalry "Buffalo Soldiers" on the western frontier in Texas and New Mexico.
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