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Ills Klilo Through MlsAlsslpiii
in April, isnn.
THRILLING STOHY OF A RAID
A Moiloat Muuio Toaolior Who
Boonuio a Major Qonoral.
"(Hint-urn' l.twh" A .Mint Who Nnver
Mntln I'nliiirr lln mill HU Ilrlgiuln
of Oittritlrjr Illiltt Tliritlisli tlm llnart of
Mllltil trout North tit Hmitli TIioii
Tlicjr Turn Westward nml Cnuio Out nt
Union Itituur, lJt., May B,
O jf
Tho early jmrt of tho year 1WVI wn n dull
nml dreary tlmo In tlm north. It was it tliuo
of walling mid dlsooiirnKi'inont, Krom tho
battloof Htono t Iver to that of Chancellors
vlll.', In Mny, there was llttlo to break orun
tho monotony of tho mouths.
Complaints wont universal nt homo nml In
tho Hold. Tho) nt homo grumbled ln-cnuno
thero mm no lighting. Miny of those in
camp complained bitterly of want and bud
ration, of worthless run Issued to them for
clothing.
During thli melancholy winter n corro
Kpondontwrotoof President Lincoln!
"Tho president looks hnKnrd nml care
worn who wonders utltl Yet ho prenorvos
his Rood nntiiro, nml Minio now story or lion
mot from him Is ninny In circulation, Tho
Inst wni uttered on Saturday nt tho public
reception, when n western lwyinnstcr, In full
major1 nttlre, was introduced nml wtldi
'Ileing here, Mr. Lincoln, I thought I'd cull
mul iwy my nwpocU. 'Krom tho complaint
of tho soldier,' roK)iidcd tho president, 'I
guess that' MkiiiI nil nny of you do jtny.'"
Almost tho only thing to break tho dis
couraging monotony were some rnttllng
cavalry ughta nml rnliLs.
Up to ltM tho Confetlomtm mostly hnd
these raids nil their own wny. Hut by ltttKl
tho north had learned hmous in inoro ways
than one. ThofmlUot ono of thuso kwsons
appeared In
QmEnSON'3 MISSISSIPPI RAID.
Early In tho yenr 1603 nn ndvonturoui
spirit had proposed to (len. Grant to mako
n Iwld cavalry nhl nround nml In tho rear of
Vicksburg. Tho object of tho raid would bo
to destroy railroad nml bridge, nml thin
prevent supplies nml ro-onforcementa from
being easily brought Into Vicksburg. Tho
raid was In this manner to nld In thoroduo
tlon of Vicksburg.
At llrt Omut wild nny to tho schema
Tho first of April, bowover, ho summoned
Its bold projoctor, nml bndo him go in mid
Win.
The mnn who proposed thl raid through
tho heart of Mississippi wa Col., uftonvnnl
MaJ. Gen., Benjamin Houry Orlereon.
Ho wn n western mnn. llvlnc In Illlnol.
an i wiih m yearn
old when tho wnr
began. Ho wns
born in Pittsburg,
Pa., howover, and,
llko llornco Groo
loy. was of Scotch
Irish parentage,
Ocn. Qrlenion wn
one of tho most
pIcturcMpionml In
teresting chnrac-
torn that tho nortlt
produced during
tho wnr. Hlscnreor
is luvested with a
romnnm (lint, will
okx. aniKiwo.v. ,ior it fascinat.
log to tho American reader in nil tlmoto
como.
At tho tlmo tho war began Benjamin Grl
erson was living in Jacksonville, Ilk Ho Is
described as being "full of a vivid, elastic
life, overflowing wltU cnthuslnsin." Llko
Gen. John A. Lognn, th.it other Illinois man,
Grlerson was Blender and dark. Ho was very
quick nnd graceful In hi movemenU, and
seemed to linvo n phystnuo of iron endurance.
iirto wa no suuuuicr wrap poniosiiy
bout him, oven after ho becamo n major
general. Ho wa modest, gontlo ami genial
lit his manners, nnd such ho remained.
But his ability iu tho cavalry field wan pro
nounced from tho beginning. In tho early
part of tho nor ho wasuldo on tho stall! of
Gen. Prentiss, serving without pay. Indeed,
a writor In Tho United Stated Service- Mnga
lino say that U demon served without pay
-throughout tho whole war. In December,
1801, ho becamo major of tho Sixth Illinoli
.cavalry, nnd in a fow week his battalion wa
,tho best drlllod and disciplined of tho cavalry
troops in tho west. In March, 18M, tho 81xth
Illinois cavalry, armed only with "rusty
tabors," started to Join Graut at Pittsburg
Landing. At Puducah, Ky., Governor
Yates of Illinois, llkowiso on tho way to
Grout, encountered tho regiment. MaJ.
Griorson called to pay hi respocU to tho
governor, on board tho steamboat. Tho gov
ernor led tho dork haired cavalryman back
to n party of ladlos In tho cabin, and intro
duced hint to them as Col. Griorson.
His colonel bad resigned, and, unknown to
tho mnjor, every ofllcor of tho regiment but
ono had petitioned the governor to appoint
Griorson their colonol, and tho govornor had
dona so.
In 1803 Col. Griorson' rcglmont was or
dered to Memphis, and hero bo showod him
self no less accomplished in Hold than In
camp. Ho and his men dashed out from head
quarters llko a whirlwind, and nouncud upon
bands of Confederate bushwhackers and
guerrillas In west TonnoKooo nnd northern
Mississippi. Ho showod thorn that dash,
daring and hard riding were not nil on ono
cldo of tho lino. Ho soomed nover to sleep,
lut to watch day nnd night and bo ready for
tho mount and gallop at any moment.
Onoo ho camo very near being caught. Ho
and forty of his men were dismounted and
at dinner, seventeen miles buck of Memphis.
With tho dripping pork slice poised in mid
air, Just before it touched their mouths, 400
Confederates suddenly hove Into sight.
Tbo men dropped their food nnd took
refugo wherever they might, behind trees,
tho fence or n rock. Th jy wore llred on nnd ro
tuniod tho flro obstinntnly, Iu n tu Inkling Col.
Grioi-Hon mounted eighteen of his men, and
with these charged upon tho whole -100 Con
federates. Tho very impudence of tho thing
seemed somehow to paralyze them, and tholr
linos wavered nnd thou turned bad:. A hun
dred of G demon's men npjioarJng by another
road at tho wiino opjiortunu moment, tho body
ef Confederate turned nnd fled.
Tho last year of the war Gen. Orlorson.
then a brigadier, was promoted to tho full
tbo wai be remained iu tho servh-o nnd was
appolnte-.1 'leiiel of the Tenth United Stated
cavalry. Heforo Uio wnr hoMrncilhlsllr.
Ingntniuiislu teacher, Such wn tho man
whomndo tho Uarlng raid through Missis
sippi In tho early summer of IIXl'l.
Hy referring to tho nceomiwnylng map
tho rendor will seo tho i-otite panmil over by
tho diiuntleM cavalryman. Ho wa noted
during tliuttnrnithn man who never inndo
a fnllnrt", Kvery enterprise that ho under
took wa suceewiful,
April 17, INK), (Irlei-Min nnd hi men legar
their famous rldo. Ho took three cnvnlry
reglmont, hi own, tho Sixth llliuol. Col,
LoomU commanding! the Seventh Illlnol,
Col. Prince, nml tlioHeeondIown,Col. Hntch.
They started fnim IjiKrange, Tenn., fifty
tulle east of Memphis. Knlsomoveimmt had
Ihx'II mndo In various directions lxfoixhnud
to decelvo tho Confisleriites, who might Ixi
nn watch. Hut the real oxcdltlnu struck
out south ntn rattling pace, nnd wn dooii
over tho iMinlor Into Mississippi, Tho llrst
day they i-eneh(d lllpley, In that stnto. At
Itlpley, on tho 18th, tho command divided,
tho Second Iown going southeasterly nnd
cro-wlng tho Tftllnlmtehio river. Tho main
body went directly south, nlso crossing tho
Tnllnhatchlo near tho town of Now Albany.
A second tlmo tho command split, this tlmo
n battalion of tho Seventh Illinois passing to
tho right of tho main Inxly nnd going directly
to Now Allmny.
Skirmishing wo kept tip night nnd day
with IkxIIm of Confederate cavalry which
wero encountered In tho vicinity of Now Al
bany. Tho morning of April 10, Grlerson
ngnlu divided lit main Inxly. Ho sent out
th nil detachment In n many dilTcrimt di
rection. HI object wn to mako tho Confed
erates ltellovo ho had como to attack thorn
nnd destroy their cavalry. Meantime tho
main body proceeded rapidly southward. Tho
Becond Iowiiwii by this tlmo within sup
porting distance on tho loft. After making
feints nu ordered, tho three detachment soon
rejoined tho main column. Gen. Clinlinors
wa In coniinand'of tho Confederate forces In
Mississippi, the region through which Grler
so.i MiKsed.
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.MAP HIIOWINO (HUEMON'H UAID.
Prom tlmo to tlmo small bodies of Confed
erated were met nud routed. Tbo night of
April 10 Griorson nnd his men encamped at
Pontatoa, destroying 400 bushcli of salt
which tho Confederates had nbnndonwL
April CO, oarly in tho morning, Grlerson
started his prisoners, hi least ofTcetlvo men
and ono piece of nrtillory northward, on the
way back to Lngrnngo. Thoy woro incum
brnuccH. Tho raid was now going to begin
In earnest. Tho men that had been sont
northward misled tho Confederates into be
lieving that tho wholo expedition was return
ing to Lagrange.
As before, tho innin expedition hastened
southward. Where It was to como out no
man know, least of all, the nnlo stricken
people through whoso country it passed llko
a tornado. Llko a tornado, too, it was in its
work of destruction. Grlerson laid waste
property nnd carried away food, horses and
mou. near uismai Mwamp ono of tho largest
tonnorlos In Mississippi was destroyed. Now
tho command united, now again separated,
dotachmenU flying this wny and that, and
whisking hither nnd thither, llko tho ovolu.
tlons of Hocks of groat birds In midair. At
Newton two train of cars, with Confedernto
army supplies, were destroyed, and near the
samo town four bridges were torn up. At
Raleigh tho command halted, and Grlerson
scut out a scout to cut tho telegraph wire,
which at Lako Station would glvo tho alarm
of his whoroabouts to Jackson nnd othoi
point. Tho scout ran Into n reglmont ol
Confodorato cavalry that had been sent to
fliuLQrlorbon. Strangely enough, tho scout
not only oscapod capture himself, but also
succoodod In deceiving the Confederates ns to
his commandor's whereabouts. "Den Grior
son' luck" sooms never to bavo deserted him.
Hearing the scout's report, ho quickly crossed
Loaf river and burned its bridges bohind
him, cutting oil pursuit In the rear.
A singular advonturo befell Capt. Forbes,
with ono company of tho Seventh Illinois.
Ho was more than n day's march cast of tho
main body, when ho suddenly camo upon a
largo f orco of tho Confederates nt Enterprise,
Miss., ten or twenty times as large as
his own. He put a bold face upon tbo mat
ter, and riding to tho town under a flag of
truce, doninndi'd its surrender. Col. Good
win, tho Confedernto commander, asked an
hour to consldor. Forlxw granted It only too
gladly, and,whllo tho Confederates were con
sidering, ho and his company put spurs to
tholr horso and galloped westward toward
Griorson, blessing their lucky stars for their
escape.
From Montrose Grlerson turned slightly
westward. It became evident now to tho
Confederates that ho did not mean to return
to Lagrange. Preparations vtcro mndo to head
him oil nnd capture lihu. At Pearl river
southern picket were tearing up tho bridge
when Grior&on reached It, Hodiikhod Into
them and dispersed them, aud crowed in
safety. Ten mluutes more and ho would
have boon too Into.
On tho afternoon of Mny a, 1SH3, n great
IxDily of wild looking men rodo Into llaton
Ilougo. La. It was as If they had sprung
from tho ground. They were dusty nnd hag
gard, and Bomo of them woro asleep, Bitting
bolt uprlgljt iixn their horwM.
No wonder. In sixteen days they hnd rid
don 800 iirilos, from north to kouth, through
MlssltolppI, Thoy hud destroyed over 64,000,
000 worth of property, cut two Important
railroad communlcutJoiis nnd captured over
1,000 prlhOiHTH nnd l,'00 liorsou
They weiu Grlerson und li iae:i.
'Ilia ktrungth of tho couth U overesti
mated," said Griorson afterword. "The Con
(eileraoy i a mure fcholl."
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