Cyrus Bussey
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Cyrus Bussey was an American soldier and politician, serving as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
General Cyrus Bussey History of Iowa
Relief portrait at Vicksburg National Military Park
Battle of Pea Ridge
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The Battle of Pea Ridge, also known as the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, took place during the American Civil War near Leetown, northeast of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Federal forces, led by Brigadier Genera
Cyrus Bussey
…Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood. He was promoted to colonel and given command of the 3rd Iowa Cavalry Regiment in September 1861, which he led into the Battle of Pea Ridge. In November 1862 he received the command of a cavalry brigade in the Thirteenth Army Corps and was the Chief of Cavalry for Ulysses S. Grant's army…
Harper's Weekly sketch of the battle by J.F. Gookins
Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis, Commanding
Brig. Gen. Franz Sigel, 1st and 2d Divisions
Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn, Commanding