- 2003 revised edition. 368 pages
- Published by The University of Oklahoma Press, USA
- Paperback. Format C.
- Very good condition. As new.
Illustrated and Indexed.
Unlikely Warriors is the story of Benjamin Henry Grierson, Civil War hero and postwar commander of the Tenth Cavalry 'Buffalo Soldiers," and his family on the western frontier.
In 1863, Colonel Grierson led a cavalry brigade of 1,700 men on a daring raid through Mississippi, which helped Ulysses S. Grant launch his successful campaign against Vicksbury.
In the army reorganization of 1866, Grierson accepted an appointment as colonel of the Tenth Cavalry, a command of white officers and lack enlisted men. Appreciative of the achievements of his black Buffalo Soldiers an sympathetic toward the Indian people, Grierson did not fit the popular image of the Indian-fighting cavalryman, though in the 1880 war against Victorio he outfought one of the ablest of all Apache leaders.
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