Papers of Edwin A. Bowen, 1848-1895 (bulk 1861-1864).

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Papers of Edwin A. Bowen, 1848-1895 (bulk 1861-1864).

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Papers of Edwin A. Bowen, chiefly relating to his Civil War service and the 52nd Regiment's veterans' association. Included are a Civil War journal kept from Nov. 1861 to Feb. 29, 1864, regimental military records (general and special orders, communications, dispatches, reports, muster rolls, ordnance records, etc.), drafts and the fair copy of Bowen's "Historical Memoranda of the 52nd Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers," (1870's), and accounts of the Battle of Shiloh that Bowen submitted at the request of Shiloh Battlefield Commission (1895). Also included are Bowen's account of his service in New Mexico (1848), an article about slavery (ca. 1861), and the original manuscript, typescript and publication of his Pike's Peak journal (1859).

119 pieces.2 boxes.

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Bowen, Edwin A., 1831-1900.

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Edwin Anson Bowen (1831-1900), an Illinois businessman and a Union officer. Having attended Judson College at Mt. Palatine, he settled in Lemoille, Bureau Co. In 1846 he joined Kerny's Division and served under Sterling Price in New Mexico, taking part in the operations against the rebels in Jan. - Feb. 1847. In 1859 he traveled to Pike's Peak. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Bowen joined the 52nd Illinois Infantry and was elected Capt. Of Co. B., later rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel...

United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 52nd (1861-1865)

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