Anthony Lewis McGowin Letters

The McGowin family lived in the Old Sparta neighborhood of Conecuh County, Alabama. At the time of the 1860 Census, Samuel Lewis McGowin (1805-1892) and his wife, Martha (1807-1892), had eleven children living in the household. The couple had at least six sons who served in Co. D, 16th Alabama Infantry: Alex (1835-1914), Samuel (1836-1862), Joseph (1839-1862), Anthony Lewis (1840-1864), Jacob Thomas (1842-1890), and John Charnic (1843-1862). Four of the six died in in the war. Samuel died of measles in Okolona, Mississippi on July 14, 1862. Joseph was killed at the Battle of Murfreesboro on December 31, 1862. Anthony died at Tunnel Hill, Georgia on February 4, 1864. John was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh and died in a hospital in Gainesville, Alabama.

Archive: 
Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama
Other: 
Civil War Soldiers’ Letters, LPR 78

Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
11344 McGowin1 July 15, 1862 Anthony Lewis McGowin Samuel Lewis McGowin , Martha McGowin , Sarah McGowin Okolona, Chickasaw County, MS Conecuh County, AL
11345 McGowin2 September 23, 1862 Anthony Lewis McGowin Sarah McGowin Knoxville, Knox County, TN Conecuh County, AL
11346 McGowin3 November 18, 1862 Anthony Lewis McGowin Sarah McGowin Franklin County, TN Conecuh County, AL
11347 McGowin4 December 1, 1862 Anthony Lewis McGowin Sarah McGowin Triune, Williamson County, TN Conecuh County, AL
11349 McGowin5 January 20, 1863 Anthony Lewis McGowin , Alex McGowin Samuel Lewis McGowin , Martha McGowin , Sarah McGowin Tullahoma, Coffee County, TN Conecuh County, AL

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