Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Horse Soldiers (2009) is also a book written by Doug StantonThe Horse Soldiers is a 1959 DeLuxe Color war film set during the American Civil War. It was directed by John Ford and starred John Wayne, William Holden and Constance Towers. The film was based on Harold Sinclair's novel of the same name.The team of John Lee Mahin and Martin Rackin both wrote the screenplay and produced the movie.The movie is based on the true story of Grierson's Raid and the climactic Battle of Newton's Station, led by Colonel Benjamin Grierson who, along with 1700 men, set out from northern Mississippi and rode several hundred miles behind enemy lines in April 1863 to cut the railroad between Newton's Station and Vicksburg, Mississippi. Grierson's raid was part of the Union campaign, culminating in the Battle of Vicksburg. The raid was as successful as it was daring, and remarkably bloodless. By attacking the Confederate-controlled railroad it upset the plans and troop deployments of Confederate General John C. Pemberton.. }
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- The_Horse_Soldiers abstract "Horse Soldiers (2009) is also a book written by Doug StantonThe Horse Soldiers is a 1959 DeLuxe Color war film set during the American Civil War. It was directed by John Ford and starred John Wayne, William Holden and Constance Towers. The film was based on Harold Sinclair's novel of the same name.The team of John Lee Mahin and Martin Rackin both wrote the screenplay and produced the movie.The movie is based on the true story of Grierson's Raid and the climactic Battle of Newton's Station, led by Colonel Benjamin Grierson who, along with 1700 men, set out from northern Mississippi and rode several hundred miles behind enemy lines in April 1863 to cut the railroad between Newton's Station and Vicksburg, Mississippi. Grierson's raid was part of the Union campaign, culminating in the Battle of Vicksburg. The raid was as successful as it was daring, and remarkably bloodless. By attacking the Confederate-controlled railroad it upset the plans and troop deployments of Confederate General John C. Pemberton.".