★ Dow, Neal

Neal Dow​

Born: March 20, 1804

Birthplace: Portland, Maine

Father: Josiah Dow 1766 – 1861

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

Mother: Dorcas Allen 1772 – 1852

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

Wife: Maria Cornelia Durant Maynard 1808 – 1883

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

Children:

Louisa Dow Benton 1831 – 1895​

(Buried: Summer Street Cemetery, Lancaster, New Hampshire)​

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Edward Dow 1833 – 1835​

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

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Emma Maynard Dow Gould 1836 – 1918​

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

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Henry Dow 1839 – 1840​

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

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Frederick Neal Dow 1840 – 1934​

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery Portland Maine)​

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Cornelia Maria Dow 1842 – 1905​

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

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Josiah Dow 1845 – 1847​

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

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Frank Allen Dow 1847 – 1865​

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

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Russell Congdon Dow 1850 – 1852​

(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine)​

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Occupation before War:

Tanning Businessman in Portland, Maine​

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First in Portland Maine to incorporate steam power in tanning process

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Member of the Portland, Maine Volunteer Fire Department​

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Member of anti – masonry and anti – slavery causes​

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1832: Supporter of William Wirt for President Campaign​

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Leader of Maine Temperance Union​

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1842: Helped in getting Portland to require licenses to sale alcohol​

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1846: Spoke in the Maine State House about Statewide Prohibition​

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President of Maine State Temperance Union​

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1851 – 1852: Mayor of Portland, Maine​

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1855 – 1856: Mayor of Portland, Maine​

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1858 – 1859: Maine State Representative​

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Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Colonel of 13th​ Maine Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Against his regiment serving under Major General Butler​

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1862 – 1864: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers Infantry​

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1862: Served at Ship Island on Guard Duty​

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1862: Blamed General Butler from excluding him from New Orleans​

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1862: Appointed Union Army Commander of District of Pensacola, Fla.​

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1862: Placed the town of Pensacola, Florida under prohibition​

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1862: Recruited African American troops without authorization​

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1862: Wounded in right arm and left thigh at Port Hudson​

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1862: Captured by the Confederate Cavalry​

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1862: Sent to Jackson, Mississippi and Montgomery, Alabama​

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1862: Prisoner of War at Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia​

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1862: Imprisoned at Mobile, Alabama while being investigated for arming slaves to fight against the Confederate Army​

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1862 – 1864: Prisoner of War held at Libby Prison in Richmond, VA.​

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1864: Exchanged for Major General William H. F. "Rooney" Lee​

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1864: Resigned from the Union Army in November​

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Occupation after War:

Co – Founder of National Temperance Society and Publishing House​

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Prohibition Speaker in United States, Canada, and Great Britain​

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1876: Supporter of Rutherford B. Hayes for President Campaign​

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1880: Unsuccessful Prohibition Presidential Candidate​

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Worked with the Republican Party in Maine to advance Prohibition​

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1884: Supporter of James G. Blaine for President Campaign​

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1888: Unsuccessful Prohibition Candidate for Mayor of Portland​

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1890: Fell from a horse but remained in great health otherwise​

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1895: Gave his last speech in Portland criticizing the city​

Died: October 2, 1897

Place of Death: Portland, Maine

Age at time of Death: 93 years old

Burial Place: Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Neal Dow! Salutes remembering General Dow on his birthday.

 

[ErnieMac]

Dow's Brigade was part of BG Thomas Sherman's division at Port Hudson. He was wounded during the May 27, 1863, assault along the eastern siege lines.

 

[Pollaco]

For his role in the Civil War Dow was ousted from the Quaker Church.

 

[Pollaco]

Dow was an avid Prohibitionist and was largely responsible for Maine becoming "dry".

 

[Pollaco]

This profile states that Dow blamed Butler for his being excluded in the capture of New Orleans. Yet another biography states Dow missed the capture of New Orleans due to a shipping mishap off the coast of North Carolina.

 

[USS ALASKA]

The Reminiscences of Neal Dow: Recollections of Eighty Years by Neal Dow

Can be read for free here - https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesne02dowgoog/page/n1/mode/2up?view=theater

Cheers,
USS ALASKA