| Collection Name: |
Cyrus Bussey: Civil War Reminiscences |
| Repository Name: |
Iowa State University. Library. Special Collections. University Archives [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
Ames, Iowa, United States |
| Local Identifier: |
MS 606 |
| URL: |
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/manuscripts/MS606.html |
| Dates Spanned: |
1864-1864 |
| Description: |
This collection consists of one thirty-six page document where Bussey details his exploits as an officer with the Iowa Cavalry. Bussey refers to himself in the third person in this laudatory discussion of his experience with the Army of the Southwest, including his encounters with Colonels Van Dorn, McCulloch, and McIntosh; Generals Osterhaus, Fremont, Steele, Sherman, and Grant; Major William C. Drake, Lt. Col. Frimble, Captain Thomas J. Taylor, Lt. A. H. Griswold and Union spy William Miller. |
| Broad Subjects: |
Military; Wars and Conflicts |
| ASP Subjects: |
Autobiographies; Battle of Pea Ridge, AR, March 6-8, 1862; Indians of North America; Iowa; Siege of Vicksburg, MS, May 5-July 4, 1863; U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865; United States; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0005619 |
