Life span: 07/08/1826 to 08/31/1911TabsLife SummaryFull name: Benjamin Henry GriersonPlace of Birth: Pittsburgh, PABurial Place: Morgan County, ILBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateNo. of Siblings: 4No. of Spouses: 2No. of Children: 7Family: Robert Grierson (father), Mary Sheppard (mother), Alice Kirk (first wife), Lillian Atwood King (second wife) Occupation: MilitaryEducatorOtherOther Occupation: MusicianRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: RepublicanMilitary: Union ArmyUS military (Post-Civil War) Events Date span begin Life span End Event 09/21/1866 09/21/1866 Two more African-American regiments, the soon to be famous Ninth and Tenth Cavalry, come into being Documents Images Benjamin Henry Grierson, portrait size Benjamin Henry Grierson Benjamin Henry Grierson, detail Colonel Benjamin Henry Grierson and his staff, May 1863 Bibliography