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Acknowledgments The editors thank, first and foremost, the Morgan County (Illinois) Historical Society for its advocacy and unstinting support of this project, in particular: Dr. Frank and Mrs. Frances Norbury (for their wonderful hospitality during General Grierson Days); Rand and Patricia Burnette; John R. Power, publisher emeritus of the Jacksonville Journal-Courier; Ron Gray; Greg and Pam Olson; and Robert Sibert. We also thank Lonnie Johns for his unflagging interest in this work and its eventual publication. The late William H. Leckie and Frank E. Vandiver provided encouragement and inspiration, along with their own sterling examples of the historian’s craft. Aaron Cohen and Shelly Dudley of Guidon Books in Scottsdale, Arizona, repeatedly rode to the rescue with hard-to-find volumes. Mary L. Williams of Fort Davis National Historic Site, Texas, furnished photographs, advice , and good cheer. Sylvia Rodrigue, of Southern Illinois University Press, has been a gentle guide and an encouraging force throughout the editorial process. Finally, our heartfelt appreciation to the anonymous reviewers who painstakingly read the manuscript, catching errors, identifying sources we had overlooked, asking perceptive questions, and pointing us in new directions. The book is much improved by their diligence. Ben Grierson has been an enduring and enriching presence in our lives. We hope that he would approve of this edition of his Civil War memoir. Any errors or other shortcomings are strictly our own. xi Southern Illinois in 1861. Map drawn by George Skoch. Benjamin H. Grierson’s Area of Military Operations in the Civil War. Map drawn by George Skoch.  A Just and Righteous Cause ...

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