Date Original
1989 January 25
Description
This collection contains one broadside, Special Orders, No. 23, (Headquarters, Department of Arkansas, Little Rock), honorably discharging Lt. J.L. Russell, Company A, First Iowa Cavalry Volunteers.
Biographical/Historical Note
The First Iowa Cavalry Regiment was the first three-year cavalry regiment accepted into the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War. It was organized at Davenport, Iowa, in 1861 and was discharged in Austin, Texas, in 1866. In Arkansas, it was involved in the Battle of Prairie Grove, Battle of Bayou Meto, the Camden Expedition, the Battle of Elkin's Ferry, and the Battle of Prairie D'Ane.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Little Rock, Pulaski County (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.BS.168
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Special Orders, No. 23 (Little Rock), SMC.BS.168
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Special Orders, No. 23 (Little Rock), Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
