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"A fine grouping of 18 war-date letters 68pp. Total in various formats written by two brothers, Melancthon Bowman of the 126th Ohio Volunteers and Levi Bowman, a lieutenant in the 160th Ohio Volunteers. Twelve of the letters are written by Melanchthon and date from 1862 until May 1864, in small part: ""à[Martinsburg, Va., Dec. 24, 1862]àOld Stonewall Jackson said that he would eat his dinner in Martinsburg or in hell on Christmas. He won't eat his dinner here as long as we are hereàwhenever we see the stars and stripes we give three cheersà[Feb. 19, 1863]àLieut. Joseph Shaffer is about to dieàthe doctor says he may die in ten minutesàhe may be dead by this timeà[Mar. 26, 1863]à12 or 15,000 troops passed through [Murfreesboro] to reinforce General Rosecrans. They expect a battle there. They think the rebels are going to evacuate Vicksburgàwe have a rebel lieut. in the guard houseà[Apr. 20, 1863]àGen. Milroy was stationed here but the report is that he went to reinforce Hookeràwe are looking for an attack here all the timeà[Culpeper, Va., Sept. 25, 1863]àThere is a big battle going off at Chattanooga. I hope Rosecrans will be successful thereà[Catlett Station, Va., Oct. 21, 1863]àThey have run us nearly all over Virginia last Sundayàwe started from Culpeper and retreated to Bull Run there we stopped to give the rebels a fight but they were afraid to attack usàwe have been drawn up in line of battle about a dozen timesàthey tried awful hard to get over our train but they were repulsed in each attemptàour cavalry have taken a great deal of their artillery and trainsàI boasted last winter that the rebels could not drive us out [of Martinsburg]àthey opened 17 pieces of artillery on us so we thought it was best for us to get out as quick as possibleàthey had us surrounded all but one road and we slipped out thereà[Brandy Station, Nov. 10, 1863]àon the 7th marched to Kelley's Ford the same day but we had a little fighting to do before we crossed. The first division drove them out of their breastworks and captured 400 prisoners. They were mostly North Carolina troops. They ran in and gave themselves up...The first, 2nd, 5th, and 6th corps have gone on towards CulpeperàI don't know were the rebels are they have goneà[Dec. 23, 1863]àI suppose you have heard of the battle we had the 21st of Nov. at Mine Runàtwo privates missing one wounded. The adjutant and one lieutenant were taken prisoners they are now in Libby Prison, RichmondàI have saw some of the rebel when taken prisoner, they were nearly starved and very poorly clad. The first thing they would ask for would be crackers (or the army name hard tack) as we call themà[Jan. 29, 1864]àThe rebels had a mutiny in their camp. They had a big fight with artillery to keep some from deserting à[Mar. 2, 1864]àthe 6th corps and one division of our corps have gone out on a scout so we have to picket in their placesàGen. Killpatrick and his cavalry had made a dash into Richmond and had destroyed half of the cityà[Apr. 3, 1864]àI DREAD THE COMING CAMPAIGN there will be some hard fighting and marching to doàthe copperheads in Illinois had a riotàeveryone of them ought to be strung up to the nearest treeàGen. Grant is here with us nowà[May 2, 1864]àThere is some talk of our division guarding the railroadàthe supplies will have to be guardedàit makes some of the Washington soldiers awful mad because Gen. Grant brought them out to the front, but here is where they ought to beà"". Within days of writing this letter Melanchton Bowman was killed at the battle of the Wilderness. Lamented by his brother, Levi Bowman writes, in part: ""à[June 12, 1864]...if all accounts are true that he is dead, Oh Dear, Oh DearàI shall think that he is yet alive and only woundedàas long as there is life there is hopeà"". Unfortunately, for Levi there was no time to grieve, in small part: ""àWe met a train of our men guarding 16 wagons and they were attacked by the rebs. The rebs taking about 40 horses and mules and some 15 or 20 prisoners and killing one or two of our men and putting the rest of our men to flightàthere was 75 of our men and about 200 rebsàthe rebs had took all they wanted and set fire to the restàThe next morning they fired on our picketsàthey surrounded usàfight we must or surrenderàwe poured many volleys into their ranks and killed thirteen of them and wounded a good manyàThomas Jackson was shot three times with a Colt navy revolveràthe bullets fell thick and fast around usàthey took two or three of the teamstersà[and] killed them. One of them they shot twelve timesà"". Finally, Levi thought of his brother again, in part: ""...[Martinsburg, June 24, 1864]àno one knows the feelings that I have, the lose of a near and dear brother which came so unexpected to my ears and then thinking of myself and Amos that we may share the same fate far, far from homeà"". Included, are various family papers, a reunion ribbon for the 160th Ohio, and four letters Levi wrote home while a corporal in the 17th Ohio during May and June 1861, mostly dealing with camp and war news. A great grouping with minor stains and some lightness to the writing, overall very good." 2331 A fine grouping of 18 war-date letters 68pp. Total in various formats written by two brothers, Melancthon Bowman of the 126th Ohio Volunteers and Levi Bowman, a lieutenant in the 160th Ohio Volunteers. Twelve of the letters are written by Melanchthon and date from 1862 until May 1864, in small part: ""à[Martinsburg, Va., Dec. 24, 1862]àOld Stonewall Jackson said that he would eat his dinner in Martinsburg or in hell on Christmas. He won't eat his dinner here as long as we are hereàwhenever we see the stars and stripes we give three cheersà[Feb. 19, 1863]àLieut. Joseph Shaffer is about to dieàthe doctor says he may die in ten minutesàhe may be dead by this timeà[Mar. 26, 1863]à12 or 15,000 troops passed through [Murfreesboro] to reinforce General Rosecrans. They expect a battle there. They think the rebels are going to evacuate Vicksburgàwe have a rebel lieut. in the guard houseà[Apr. 20, 1863]àGen. Milroy was stationed here but the report is that he went to reinforce Hookeràwe are looking for an attack here all the timeà[Culpeper, Va., Sept. 25, 1863]àThere is a big battle going off at Chattanooga. I hope Rosecrans will be successful thereà[Catlett Station, Va., Oct. 21, 1863]àThey have run us nearly all over Virginia last Sundayàwe started from Culpeper and retreated to Bull Run there we stopped to give the rebels a fight but they were afraid to attack usàwe have been drawn up in line of battle about a dozen timesàthey tried awful hard to get over our train but they were repulsed in each attemptàour cavalry have taken a great deal of their artillery and trainsàI boasted last winter that the rebels could not drive us out [of Martinsburg]àthey opened 17 pieces of artillery on us so we thought it was best for us to get out as quick as possibleàthey had us surrounded all but one road and we slipped out thereà[Brandy Station, Nov. 10, 1863]àon the 7th marched to Kelley's Ford the same day but we had a little fighting to do before we crossed. The first division drove them out of their breastworks and captured 400 prisoners. They were mostly North Carolina troops. They ran in and gave themselves up...The first, 2nd, 5th, and 6th corps have gone on towards CulpeperàI don't know were the rebels are they have goneà[Dec. 23, 1863]àI suppose you have heard of the battle we had the 21st of Nov. at Mine Runàtwo privates missing one wounded. The adjutant and one lieutenant were taken prisoners they are now in Libby Prison, RichmondàI have saw some of the rebel when taken prisoner, they were nearly starved and very poorly clad. The first thing they would ask for would be crackers (or the army name hard tack) as we call themà[Jan. 29, 1864]àThe rebels had a mutiny in their camp. They had a big fight with artillery to keep some from deserting à[Mar. 2, 1864]àthe 6th corps and one division of our corps have gone out on a scout so we have to picket in their placesàGen. Killpatrick and his cavalry had made a dash into Richmond and had destroyed half of the cityà[Apr. 3, 1864]àI DREAD THE COMING CAMPAIGN there will be some hard fighting and marching to doàthe copperheads in Illinois had a riotàeveryone of them ought to be strung up to the nearest treeàGen. Grant is here with us nowà[May 2, 1864]àThere is some talk of our division guarding the railroadàthe supplies will have to be guardedàit makes some of the Washington soldiers awful mad because Gen. Grant brought them out to the front, but here is where they ought to beà"". Within days of writing this letter Melanchton Bowman was killed at the battle of the Wilderness. Lamented by his brother, Levi Bowman writes, in part: ""à[June 12, 1864]...if all accounts are true that he is dead, Oh Dear, Oh DearàI shall think that he is yet alive and only woundedàas long as there is life there is hopeà"". Unfortunately, for Levi there was no time to grieve, in small part: ""àWe met a train of our men guarding 16 wagons and they were attacked by the rebs. The rebs taking about 40 horses and mules and some 15 or 20 prisoners and killing one or two of our men and putting the rest of our men to flightàthere was 75 of our men and about 200 rebsàthe rebs had took all they wanted and set fire to the restàThe next morning they fired on our picketsàthey surrounded usàfight we must or surrenderàwe poured many volleys into their ranks and killed thirteen of them and wounded a good manyàThomas Jackson was shot three times with a Colt navy revolveràthe bullets fell thick and fast around usàthey took two or three of the teamstersà[and] killed them. One of them they shot twelve timesà"". Finally, Levi thought of his brother again, in part: ""...[Martinsburg, June 24, 1864]àno one knows the feelings that I have, the lose of a near and dear brother which came so unexpected to my ears and then thinking of myself and Amos that we may share the same fate far, far from homeà"". Included, are various family papers, a reunion ribbon for the 160th Ohio, and four letters Levi wrote home while a corporal in the 17th Ohio during May and June 1861, mostly dealing with camp and war news. A great grouping with minor stains and some lightness to the writing, overall very good.
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