Roughshod Through Dixie - Griersons Raid 1863

ON APRIL 17, 1863, BENJAMIN GRIERSON LED A FORCE OF 1,700 UNION CAVALRYMEN ACROSS ENEMY LINES INTO THE CONFEDERATE-HELD TENNESSEE IN A BOLD DIVERSIONARY RAID. OVER THE NEXT SEVENTEEN DAYS, GRIERSON`S HORSEMEN CAUSED HAVOC BY DESTROYING RAILROAD LINES, ATTACKING OUTPOSTS, BURNING MILITARY STORES AND FIGHTING NUMEROUS SMALL ACTIONS, BEFORE BREAKING BACK THROUGH THE LINES AT BATON ROUGE.