ColorizedPast
Corporal
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2016
- Location
- Hangzhou, China (Wisconsin, USA)
Major General Joseph Anthony Mower (USV)
Joseph Anthony Mower was born in Woodstock, Vermont on 22 August 1827. He volunteered as a private in the Mexican-America War. In 1855, he entered the U.S. Army as a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Infantry. During the Civil War, he became colonel of the 11th Missouri Infantry Regiment and fought at the Siege of Corinth. He assumed command of the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Mississippi and led it into action at the Battle of Corinth. He was wounded and taken prisoner but was recovered by Union soldiers the same day.
He was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on 29 November 1862. He recovered from his wounds and returned to command a brigade during the Vicksburg Campaign gaining the attention of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman. During the Red Rive Campaign, he commanded the 1st and 3rd Divisions of the XVI Corps and earned brevets in the regular army for actions at the battles of Fort De Russy and Yellow Bayou. At the Battle of Tupelo, he commanded the 1st Division of the Right Wing, XVI Corps.
He was promoted to major general on 12 August 1864, and Sherman ordered Mower to join the Union forces in Atlanta. He commanded the 1st Division of the XVII Corps during the March to the Sea and the 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 fight ceased, he sailed for Texas along with Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and was placed in command of the District of Eastern Texas.
After the war, he stayed in the army and became colonel of the 39th and then the 25th U.S. Infantry. He died in New Orleans on 6 January 1870.
Bringing the