Joseph A. Mower
Joseph Anthony Mower (August 22, 1827 – January 6, 1870) was a Union general during the American Civil War. He was a competent officer, and he was well respected by his troops and fellow officers. He was known among his troops as "Fighting Joe". Major General William Tecumseh Sherman said of Mower, "he's the boldest young officer we have".
Biography
Mower was born in
Battle of Corinth. He was wounded in the neck and taken prisoner
by Confederate forces but he was recovered by Union soldiers the same day.
He was promoted to
XVI Army Corps and won brevets in the regular army for actions at the battles of Fort DeRussy and Yellow Bayou. He commanded the 1st Division of the Right Wing, XVI Corps at the Battle of Tupelo
.
He was promoted to
Carolinas Campaign. His division played a significant role in the battles of Salkehatchie and Bentonville. Sherman made him commander of XX Corps in the Army of Georgia late in the war. After the fighting had ceased, he sailed for Texas along with General Gordon Granger
. He was placed in command of the District of Eastern Texas.
After the war he stayed in the army and became Colonel of the New Orleans, Louisiana
, on January 6, 1870.
See also
References
- ^ The Civil War: A Narrative, Red River to Appomattox, Page 834. Shelby Foote
- Eicher, John H., & Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- Joseph Anthony Mower from the Handbook of Texas Online
- Foote, Shelby., The Civil War: A Narrative, Red River to Appomattox, Random House, ISBN 0-394-46512-1
External links
Media related to Joseph A. Mower at Wikimedia Commons- Arlington National Cemetery
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