561

BUSSEY, CYRUS

Currency:USD Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:50.00 - 100.00 USD
BUSSEY, CYRUS
(1833 - 1915) Union brigadier general who was at Pea Ridge, Arkansas Post, and led a cavalry command during the campaign to capture Vicksburg. A.L.S. "Cyrus Bussey" 2pp. 8vo., New Orleans, Apr. 5, 1881 to President James A. Garfield concerning an appointment for a Mr. Isaac Hillis to the office of U. S. District Attorney. In part: "…believing that with men in the various offices who have not been mixed up with the past unfortunate controversies in the politics of Louisiana we can make Louisiana a Republican state…". Very good.