Grider, Benjamin Covington, 1826-1874 (SC 2679)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

3-5-2013

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid and scans of selected items (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2679. Military orders, reports and correspondence of or to Colonel Benjamin Covington Grider, commander of the Ninth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. The reports and Grider’s letter to his father detail action during the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Includes a memorial tribute to Grider’s son, Judge Loving Grider, with some family information.

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Grider, Benjamin Covington, 1826-1874 (SC 2679)" (2013). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 2728.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/2728