ALDEN FOWLES 27TH MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY ~ INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
Item #: CWB13695
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NICE CALLING CARD ATTRIBUTED TO ALDEN S. FOWLER, LATE MEMBER OF THE 27TH MASS. INFANTRY ~ SERVED AS AID DE CAMP TO THE DEPARTMENT COMMANDER OF INDIANA AT THE 1890 NATL ENCAMPMENT
Alden S. Fowler
Residence Southwick MA; a 19 year-old Farmer. Enlisted on 9/10/1861 as a Private. On 9/20/1861 he mustered into "F" Co. MA 27th Infantry He was Mustered Out on 9/27/1864
Promotions: * Corpl 7/1/1863
After fruitless expeditions to Yorktown and Williamsburgin May, 1864, the regiment returned to Fort Monroe and embarked May 5 for Bermuda Hundred. It was engaged at Port Walthall Junction, May 6 and 7, losing 22 men, 5 of whom were killed or mortally wounded, also at Arrowfield Church, May 9, with a loss of 38, of whom 10 were killed or mortally wounded. At Drury's Bluff, May 16, in the dense fog of early morning the regiment was outflanked and lost over 300 officers and men, 17 of whom were killed or mortally wounded and 259 taken prisoners, many of them dying in Andersonville. In this action Gen. Heckman, their brigade commander, was captured. Transferred to the north side of the James, the regiment was engaged at Cold Harbor, June 2 and 3, losing 104, of whom 30 were killed or mortally wounded. In the four weeks ending June 3 the regiment suffered 488 casualties, 62 being officers and men killed or mortally wounded.
Alden S. Fowler
Residence Southwick MA; a 19 year-old Farmer. Enlisted on 9/10/1861 as a Private. On 9/20/1861 he mustered into "F" Co. MA 27th Infantry He was Mustered Out on 9/27/1864
Promotions: * Corpl 7/1/1863
After fruitless expeditions to Yorktown and Williamsburgin May, 1864, the regiment returned to Fort Monroe and embarked May 5 for Bermuda Hundred. It was engaged at Port Walthall Junction, May 6 and 7, losing 22 men, 5 of whom were killed or mortally wounded, also at Arrowfield Church, May 9, with a loss of 38, of whom 10 were killed or mortally wounded. At Drury's Bluff, May 16, in the dense fog of early morning the regiment was outflanked and lost over 300 officers and men, 17 of whom were killed or mortally wounded and 259 taken prisoners, many of them dying in Andersonville. In this action Gen. Heckman, their brigade commander, was captured. Transferred to the north side of the James, the regiment was engaged at Cold Harbor, June 2 and 3, losing 104, of whom 30 were killed or mortally wounded. In the four weeks ending June 3 the regiment suffered 488 casualties, 62 being officers and men killed or mortally wounded.
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0.5 lb
Item # CWB13695
$25.00 USD