Wells A. Bushnell, Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry memoir, 1898-1905 [microform].

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Bushnell, Wells A., 1839-1907. Wells A. Bushnell, Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry memoir, 1898-1905 [microform].

Wells A. Bushnell, Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry memoir, 1898-1905 [microform].

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Consists of a bound volume compiled and written in longhand by Wells A. Bushnell concerning his service in and the history of the Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. It also contains notes, a newspaper clipping, and a ribbon removed form the bound volume. The memoir documents the movements, actions, and battles in which the Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry participated from 1862-1865, including the Shenandoah Valley campaign, Cross Keys, 2nd Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, Five Forks, and Appomattox. It describes other aspects of the war, including camp life of the soldiers, troop movements and transportation, and Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. The memoir also includes a roster of officers and enlisted men of Company A of the Sixth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, which details their military service and in many cases notes their death dates. This bound volume was removed from MS 2152 Regimental Papers of the Civil War, Container 17, Bound Volume 1, for this microfilm reproduction.

One microfilm roll.

Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library