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I have spent a few hours, till my eyes feel like they're bleeding, trying to find out how Bowen's Brigade, 1st Missouri in particular, was uniformed at Shiloh. Closest I have gotten is that in Dec 61 while stationed in Ky. they were issued new rifles, overcoats, and caps. Hoping someone here can help me out.
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"Bowen's division sustained its reputation by making one of its grand old charges, in which it bored a hole through the Federal army, and finding itself unsupported turned around and bored its way back again" - Gen. Pemberton's chief engineering officer
Sam Looney
1st Missouri Battalion
Trans-Mississippi Brigade
CWPT