SIGNED 1st US COLORED BUFFALO ARTILLERY 1866 CIVIL WAR DOC USCA GENERAL McGOWAN

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Here’s a Scarce Autograph of Brig. Gen. and 1
st
United States Colored Artillery Colonel
JOHN ENCILL McGOWAN
(
1831 – 1903
)
CIVIL WAR UNION BVT BRIGADIER GENERAL, USV
FOR GALLANT and MERITORIOUS SERVICES DURING THE WAR,
COLONEL and COMMANDER
OF THE
1
st
UNITED STATES COLORED ARTILLERY (USCA) 1864-1866
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CAPTAIN “
D
” Co.,
111
th
OHIO INFANTRY 1862-1864.
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HERE’S AN AUTOGRAPH ENDORSEMENT SIGNED BY McGOWAN ON THE VERSO OF AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY EDWARD A. BROWNE, CAPTAIN 1
st
USCA, COMMANDING 3
d
BATTALION, REQUESTING
“…THAT A DETAIL BE MADE TO RELIEVE THE MEN THAT I HAVE ON DUTY AT THE “BELL” IN FORT SHERMAN…”
THE VERSO CONTAINS THE
FORWARDING ENDORSEMENT SIGNED BY BENJAMIN W. PERKINS, CAPTAIN, AAAG, and AQ,
AND A
RARE
AUTOGRAPH ENDORSEMENT SIGNED BY McGOWAN:
“Head Quarters
Chattanooga Tennessee
Mar. 28 1866
Respectfully ford with request that the men mentioned be relieved.
J. E. McGowan
Col Comdg Regt”
The document measures 8” x 10” and is in VF condition.
CIVIL WAR SERVICE SUMMARY - JOHN ENCILL MCGOWAN
John Encill MacGowan
Famous Memorial
Birth
30 Sep 1831, Deerfield, Portage County, Ohio, USA
Death
12 Apr 1903 (aged 71)
, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN
Burial
Chattanooga Memorial Park
,
Chattanooga
,
Hamilton County
,
Tennessee
,
USA
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Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Beginning his Civil War service as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he was promoted to Captain in the 111th Ohio Volunteer Infantry before being assigned as the Provost Marshal on the staff of Brigadier General Henry M. Judah. He then was promoted to Colonel and commander of the 1st United States Colored Heavy Artillery. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "faithful and meritorious services during the war".
Enlisted on 4/23/1861 as a 2nd Lieutenant (age 30).
On 4/26/1861 he was commissioned into "B" Co.
OH 21st Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 8/12/1861 at Columbus, OH
On 8/6/1862 he was commissioned into "D" Co.
OH 111th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 3/31/1865
On 3/23/1864 he was commissioned into Field & Staff
US CT 1st Heavy Artillery
He was Mustered Out on 3/31/1866
Promotions:
Capt 8/6/1862 (As of Co. D 111th OH Inf)
Major 3/23/1864 (1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery)
Brig-General 3/13/1865 by Brevet
Colonel 9/5/1865
Other Information:
born 9/30/1831 in Smith Twp., Mahoning Co., OH
died 4/12/1903 in Chattanooga, TN
Sources:
- Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio
- Ohio in the War
- Dyer: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion
- Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903
- Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue
HISTORY OF THE
OHIO ONE HUNDRED and ELEVENTH INFANTRY
(Three Years)
One Hundred and Eleventh Infantry. - Col., John R. Bond;
Lieut.Cols., Benjamin W. Johnson, Moses R. Brailey, Isaac R.
Sherwood; Maj. Thomas C. Norris.  This regiment was organized
at Camp Toledo, Sept. 5 and 6, 1862, to serve for three years.
It was a northwestern Ohio regiment, having been raised in San-
dusky, Lucas, Wood, Fulton, Williams and Defiance counties.  It
took the field at Covington, Ky., and remained in that state
employed in various duties for the greater part of a year.  It
was then ordered to East Tennessee, where it was first engaged
at Huff's ferry, losing only a few wounded, as it was on the
right flank of the brigade and partially under cover of dense
woods.  At Loudon creek a brisk skirmish took place between the
regiment and the 6th S. C. sharpshooters, composing Gen. Long-
street's advance, and in this engagement the regiment lost 4
killed and 12 wounded.  In the engagement at Campbell's station
the regiment occupied the front line, directly in front of two
batteries of Confederate artillery, and was for 6 hours exposed
to the shells of the enemy's concentrated fire, but lost only 8
men killed and wounded.  It passed through the siege of Knox-
ville, occupying the fort on College hill, and lost 6 men
killed and wounded.  After Gen. Longstreet's retreat it took
part in the skirmishes at Blain's cross-roads and Dandridge and
occupied an outpost 6 miles in front of the city when Gen.
Schofield fell back the second time on Knoxville.  In May the
regiment united with the left wing of Gen. Sherman's army to
participate in the Atlanta campaign.  It marched to Tunnel Hill
on May 7, and on the following day skirmished into a position
in front of Buzzard Roost gap.  It had but seven companies en-
gaged at Resaca, but out of the number 7 men were killed and 30
wounded.  In the engagement at Dallas it lost 15 men killed and
wounded.  It was actively engaged in the siege of Kennesaw
mountain, the battles at Pine and Lost mountains, on the Chat-
tahoochee river, near Nickajack creek, at Peachtree creek, in
the siege of Atlanta and the skirmishes at Utoy creek and Love-
joy's Station.  It started on the Atlanta campaign with 380 men
and of this number lost in killed and wounded 212.  Following
Hood into Tennessee, it participated in the skirmishes at Co-
lumbia and was detailed to remain in the rear to guard the
forks of Duck river while Gen. Thomas' army fell back on Frank-
lin.  In the fight at Franklin, out of 180 men engaged the
regiment lost 22 men killed on the field and 40 wounded, many
being killed by Confederate bayonets.  It was severely engaged
during both days of the fighting in front of Nashville and in a
charge on the second day it captured 3 Confederate battle-flags
and a large number of prisoners, losing 7 killed and 15 wound-
ed.  After pursuing Hood for some distance, the regiment was
sent to North Carolina, where it joined the army under Gen.
Terry and took an active part in the capture of Fort Anderson
and in the skirmishes at Town creek and Goldsboro.  It then did
garrison duty at Salisbury until ordered home to be mustered
out, the latter event occurring on June 27, 1865.  The regiment
numbered 1,050 when it entered the service and received 85 re-
cruits.  Of these men 234 were discharged for disability, dis-
ease and wounds; 200 died of disease contracted in the service;
252 were killed in battle or died of wounds and 401 were mus-
tered out, leaving 48 unaccounted for.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 2
HISTORY OF THE FIRST U. S. COLORED HEAVY ARTILLERY
Organized at Knoxville, Tenn., February 20, 1864. Attached to 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 23rd Corps, Dept. of Ohio, to February, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, Dept. of the Cumberland, to March, 1865. 1st Brigade, 4th Division, District of East Tennessee, to March, 1866.
SERVICE.—Duty at Knoxville, Tenn., till January, 1865. Operations against Wheeler in East Tennessee August 15-25, 1864. Operations in Northern Alabama and East Tennessee January 31-April 24, 1865. Stone- man's operations from East Tennessee into Southwestern Virginia and Western North Carolina February to April. At Greenville and in District of East Tennessee till March, 1866. Mustered out March 31, 1866.
Frederick A. Dyer "A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" vol. 3
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