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- Joined
- Aug 27, 2016
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- Hangzhou, China (Wisconsin, USA)
Brigadier General Robert Cowdin (USA)
Robert Cowdin was born in Jamaica, Vermont on 18 September 1805. He moved to Boston at 20 to engage in the lumber business. He served in various organizations in the state militia from 1838 until the start of the Civil War. He also served on the Common Council of Boston for eight years and various elected positions in the city's correctional system.
Cowdin was colonel of the 2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment at the start of the war but was appointed colonel of the 1st Massachusetts Infantry on 25 May 1861. He led his regiment at the battle of Blackburn's Ford on 18 July 1861. His regiment was part of Israel B. Richardson's brigade of Daniel Tyler's 1st Division at the First Battle of Bull Run. He also saw action at Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Glendale, Malvern Hill, and Chantilly.
On 26 September 1862, based on a recommendation by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, he was appointed brigadier general and commanded the 1st Brigade, Abercrombie's Division, Defenses of Washington (later called the XXII Corps), from October 1862 to February 1863, then the 2nd Brigade until the end of March. On 4 March, Congress adjourned without approving his commission, and he was relieved of duty on 30 March and returned to Massachusetts.
During the next eleven years, Cowdin served ten terms on the Common Council and Board of Aldermen in Boston, and served as Captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts. He died in Boston on 9 July 1874.
Robert Cowdin was born in Jamaica, Vermont on 18 September 1805. He moved to Boston at 20 to engage in the lumber business. He served in various organizations in the state militia from 1838 until the start of the Civil War. He also served on the Common Council of Boston for eight years and various elected positions in the city's correctional system.
Cowdin was colonel of the 2nd Massachusetts Militia Regiment at the start of the war but was appointed colonel of the 1st Massachusetts Infantry on 25 May 1861. He led his regiment at the battle of Blackburn's Ford on 18 July 1861. His regiment was part of Israel B. Richardson's brigade of Daniel Tyler's 1st Division at the First Battle of Bull Run. He also saw action at Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Glendale, Malvern Hill, and Chantilly.
On 26 September 1862, based on a recommendation by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, he was appointed brigadier general and commanded the 1st Brigade, Abercrombie's Division, Defenses of Washington (later called the XXII Corps), from October 1862 to February 1863, then the 2nd Brigade until the end of March. On 4 March, Congress adjourned without approving his commission, and he was relieved of duty on 30 March and returned to Massachusetts.
During the next eleven years, Cowdin served ten terms on the Common Council and Board of Aldermen in Boston, and served as Captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts. He died in Boston on 9 July 1874.
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