Description: Description Title: Correspondence of the Brothers Job and Washington Sowers, of the 78th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Author: [Compiled by Vickie Kaye Sowers Noce] Description: Comb-bound with plain card covers, being a xerox copy of one of the copies held at the State Library of Ohio. 131 pages, each printed on one side. Includes an illustration from an old photograph of the Sowers family, with seven members in front of their Brush Creek home, circa 1900. 11 x 8.5 inches. No institutional copies located on OCLC. Transcribed letters covering the period 1856-1882, most being written during the Civil War years of 1861-1863 while the brothers were serving with the 78th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The opening war letter, written by Job, describes the Battle of Shiloh (Apr 6-7, 1862). The material collected here includes bibliographical references and was compiled by Kaye Noce, the great-great granddaughter of Washington Spencer Sowers. Includes about ten letters written in the decade preceding the Civil War. The war letters were composed at Pittsburgh Landing (Shiloh) TN; Black River Bridge (Pea Ridge?); Corinth MS; Bolivar TN; Columbus KY; Water Valley MS; Davis' Mills MS; Lafayette TN; Memphis TN; Lake Providence LA; ''Vistas Plantation''; Milliken's Bend LA; Rock Springs [Rocky Springs?] MS; Midway Hospital at Boll's [?] Plantation MS; near Vicksburg MS, and Camp Chase OH. The remaining dozen-or-so post-discharge/post-war letters include correspondence to and from the brothers and some other miscellaneous family letters. The brothers, Washington Spencer Sowers (1836-1915) and Job[e] Patterson Sowers (1840/41-?), grew up in Brush Creek Township in Muskingum County, Ohio; the family had previously resided at Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Their father was Daniel Sowers (1804-1853). Binding: Plastic Comb Ring Binding Condition: Near Fine Year: 2004 Keywords: Civil War, soldiers, letters, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 78th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Brush Creek Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, Civil War letters,
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Book Title: Brothers Job and Washington Sowers, of the 78th Ohio Volunteer In
Book Series: Historical
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Publisher: Unspecified
Intended Audience: Adults
Publication Year: 2004
Type: Family History
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Author: Vickie Kaye Sowers Noce
Features: Ring/Wire Bound
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, Historical, History
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Civil War
