Skip to main content
background image
Archive
Record
Manuscript Collections Brusle, Charles A.
Description
Brusle, Charles A. Papers, 1854-1905. 32 items (includes 3 vols.). Location: U:20, F:11. Sugar planter of Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana; and Confederate army officer; state legilator; tax collector; and sheriff. Papers include a diary, a record book, and scrapbook, primarily concerning Brusle's activities in the Civil War and in politics. Diary contains an account of his trip to the Creek Nation, Indian Territory, to muster a regiment of Creeks into the military service of the Confederacy under orders from General Benjamin McCulloch. Available (with some omissions) on microfilm 5735: University Publications of America Confederate Military Manuscripts Series B, Reel 3. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 558, 1605, 1627.
Manuscript Topic
Civil War
Plantations
Sugar
Record Type
Manuscript Collections
Year
1854
expand
Tile Cover
People troubleshooting on a computer
Ask Us
Tile Short Summary
Check our FAQs, submit a question using our form, or launch the chat widget to find help.