12th U.S. INFANTRY REGULAR - CIVIL WAR LETTERS & DIARIES- SERGEANT CHARLES BOWEN

Description: DEAR FRIENDS AT HOME THE CIVIL WAR LETTERS AND DIARIES OF SERGEANT CHARLES T. BOWEN TWELFTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY FIRST BATTALION 1861-1864 COMPILED AND EDITED BY EDWARD K. CASSEDY WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MICHAEL RUSSERT MINT CONDITION This is a brand new, unread, pristine condition book. Sample book shown; your book is brand new and in the original, publisher's shrink wrap. Clean, Sharp, Bright, Solidly Bound Book Illustrated Throughout with Portraits and Maps PUBLISHED BY BUTTERNUT AND BLUE IN 2001 Memoirs of Civil War Regulars are few and far between; here is an excellent edition to Civil War historiography. In August 1861, Charles T. Bowen joined the Twelfth United States Infantry Regiment. Unlike most young men who answered the call from their country at the outbreak of the Civil War, by joining “Volunteer” regiments from their stats, Bowen enlisted for three years with the “Regulars.” The Regulars were usually career soldiers who belonged to regiments of the federal government. Their role before the war was to man the forts protecting the harbors of major cities, and the Indian outpost in the west. By the summer of 1862, three brigades of the Regular infantry regiment served in the Fifth Corps of the army of the Potomac. Charles T. Bowen was 23 years old when he joined the Twelfth United States Regiment as a private. He and Kate, his wife of three months, lived in Washington Mills, near Utica, New york. Bowen spent the first months of this army duty at Fort Hamilton, which protected the Verrazano-Narrows at the entrance to the harbor of New York City. Fort Hamilton was also the headquarters for the Regulars. By the spring of 1862, the Twelfth Regiment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, commanded by General McClellan. The Twelfth Regiment’s “baptism by fire” took place at Gaines’ Mill. During his three years of enlistment in the Regulars, Bowen rose to the rank of Sergeant. His discharge papers show that he participated in fifteen battles, from Yorktown to Petersburg. During all of this time he wrote hundreds of letters to his wife and family, as well as keeping detailed diaries of all of his activities. After the war, these letters and diaries were gathered together and preserved by his family. In another era, Charles T. Bowen could have become a journalist. His letters are very well written and filled with every aspect of army life during the Civil War. His descriptions of the battles in which he fought are oft-times very graphic. He did no hesitate to express his opinions about the political affairs of the time, or of the offers under whom he served. This book brand new, unread and in pristine condition. Sample book is show; your book is brand new and comes in the original, publisher's shrink wrap. The book is clean, sharp, and solidly bound. The pages are clean, bright white and in excellent condition. There isn’t a mark in the book. It has no wear or shortcomings. The book contains photographs, portraits and maps. 603 pages. Fully indexed. The book comes in the original dust jacket that has light rubbing, but is otherwise fine. An excellent condition book with uncommon content. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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