Historical Marker
Grierson's Raid 1863
Summit, Pike County · Mississippi
Erected by Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 2012
Benjamin Grierson was a Pittsburgh music teacher and bandleader who enlisted as a private in 1861 and rose to cavalry colonel. On April 17, 1863, he rode out of La Grange, Tennessee, with about 1,700 troopers in three regiments, tearing up telegraph wires and railroads and burning supplies as Grant crossed the river downstate. They passed through Pontotoc, Newton, Hazlehurst and Brookhaven and reached Baton Rouge on May 2, after more than 600 miles and 500 prisoners. Grant said the raid had taken the heart out of Mississippi.
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31.28385, -90.46700 · Directions
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