References Relevant to Lt. William S. Bush USMC
- USS Constitution Museum
- US Marine Corps Museum
- US Navy Constitution Site
- This is a great interactive USS Constitution site
- Oliver Wendell Holmes 'Old Ironsides'
- The Captain from Connecticut: The Life and Naval Times of Isaac Hull, Linda M. Maloney Northeastern University Press Boston 1986
- Undefeated "Old Ironsides" in the War of 1812, Commander Tyrone G. Martin (retired), Tryon Chapel Hill NC 1996
- A Masonic oration on the death of Brother William S. Bush, Lieutenant of Marines, USS Constitution Museum Collection, Delivered November 26,1812, published by Bradford & Inskeet 1812, James Maxwell Printer
- Marine Corps Gazette, A Touch f Tradition, Lt.Col., John H Magrider, III, Nov 1958