<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mwRg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grierson's_Raid" id="mwRw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Grierson's Raid">Grierson's Raid</a> begins: Troops under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Army" id="mwSA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Union Army">Union Army</a> Colonel <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Grierson" id="mwSQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Benjamin Grierson">Benjamin Grierson</a> attack central <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi" id="mwSg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a>.