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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05813 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 |
| Title | John Stevens Bowen to E. D. Blake, encouraging him to urge Polk's attention to 'the condition of my Quartermaster Dept.' |
| Date | 23 November 1861 |
| Author | Bowen, John Stevens (1829-1863) |
| Recipient | Blake, E.D. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Col. Bowen urges Capt. Blake, acting assistant adjutant general under Confederate general Leonidas Polk, to urge Polk's attention to "the condition of my Quartermaster Dept." Notes that Polk owes money to him and "nearly every farmer around us…I say nothing about the men who are also in need of their pay…." Bowen, then commander of Camp Beauregard at Columbus, Kentucky, rose to the rank of major general before his death from dysentery in 1863. Polk's decision to occupy Columbus in the fall of 1861 was a blunder that led to Union control of Kentucky. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Military Supplies Soldier's Pay Finance Debt |
| People | Bowen, John Stevens (1829-1863) Blake, E. D. (fl. 1861) |
| Place written | Graves County, Kentucky |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |