Cyrus Bacon Collection

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Cyrus Bacon Collection

MS 22

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Title: MS 22 Cyrus Bacon Collection, 1861-1863

Collection Number: MS 22

Scope and Content: This collection consists of the Civil War diary of Cyrus Bacon, assistant surgeon, Seventh Michigan Volunteers. Bacon was from Edwardsburg, Cass County, Mich. The diary begins August 15, 1861, the day Bacon received his commission and concludes October 5, 1863, at which time Bacon was home on leave.

Author: Bacon, Cyrus

Language: english

Type of Resource: test

Genre: diaries

Extent: 128 files, 2.92 GB

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: Bacon, Cyrus -- Diaries

Subject: United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1865)

Subject: United States. Army -- Surgeons

Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care

Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives

County: Cass County (Mich.)

City: Edwardsburg (Mich.)

Inclusive Dates: 1861-1863

Location of Originals: Archives of Michigan

Use Restrictions: Please contact the Archives of Michigan for permission to publish.

Access Restrictions: To preserve the original items, this collection is only available online.

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System of arrangement: Records are arranged by date.

Technical Access Note: Researchers will need an image viewer to access these files.

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1861-1863 Diary of Cyrus Bacon

1861-1863 diary of Cyrus Bacon. In this diary, Bacon describes daily life in the Seventh Michigan Infantry. He gives vivid accounts of Yorktown, Fair Oaks, White Oak Swamp, Antietam, and Gettysburg.

Yorktown (Va.), Fredericksburg (Va.)

Undated Biography of Cyrus Bacon

Archives of Michigan https://michigan.gov/archivesofmi