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409:, at about 6:00 PM. Ewell's men attacked the VI Corps divisions as they crossed the stream. The Federals were thrown back. However, Cowan's guns stopped the Southern advance, allowing the infantry to reform and counterattack. The Confederate line was hit in the front by VI Corps and in the flank by federal cavalry. It collapsed, and Ewell was among the southerners captured on the field.
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Louisville's park system, credit is more properly due to Cowan. He originally proposed the park system in a newspaper essay of 1887. "It was Cowan who successfully lobbied for the state legislation to create a Louisville Park Commission. It was Cowan who first
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September 29, 1841, and he migrated to the United States as a boy. He married his first wife, Mary Asdit, in upper New York State on February 23, 1864. She bore a son, Albert Andrew Cowan, in August 1867 but she died the following month, most likely from complications from childbirth.
327:, the army's chief of artillery, was present with them and had his horse shot out from under him. A newspaper account reported that Capt Cowan served in a gun crew at the height of the assault. A monument to the battery, executed by J. G. Hamilton, stands on the site of this action.
420:. The 1st New York Battery lost 1 officer and 12 enlisted men killed. 1 officer and 6 enlisted men died of wounds; another 38 enlisted men died of disease or other causes. Andrew Cowan left the volunteer services as a brevet lieutenant colonel, this promotion dated April 9, 1865.
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on April 6, 1865, Cowan had gathered 20 guns near the
Hillsman House. They opened fire at about 5:15 PM, experiencing no counter-battery fire from the Confederates, because their guns had not accompanied the infantry. Two divisions of VI Corps attacked the Confederate
180:. Subsequently, he "amassed a fortune in the leather industry and used that wealth in a variety of philanthropic activities. In addition, he was a prominent force in healing the wounds between the North and South and bringing peace to a fractured nation."
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323:. Cowan's guns filled a gap in the infantry line left when a regiment left the front. Cowan ordered his men to fire "double canister" on a group of Confederates trying to penetrate the federal line, and their fire broke up that threat. BG
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December 1864 until it rejoined the Army of the Potomac on January 25, 1865. Men at the expiration of their term of service were given the chance to be discharged, but most reenlisted, permitting the battery to continue in service.
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Left to right: Andrew Cowan; Pvt Henry Hiser; 1st Lt. William P. Wright (disabled for life of wounds at
Gettysburg); Lt William H. Johnson (Wounded at Gettysburg and mortally wounded at Winchester Va); Lt Theodore Atkins (sunstruck) May
470:, the renowned landscape architect, to Louisville and who secretly coached the firm on how to price their work in order to win the bid.... If Castleman had his way, Olmsted never would have been hired."
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241:. Andrew Cowan was commissioned as the unit's first lieutenant. The battery was mustered into the service as a volunteer unit for a term of three years on November 23. The battery arrived in
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Cowan's
Battery at Gettysburg;of the men in this picture Sgt William E. Uhlster (Second from right) was crippled and Corp Henry J Tucker (3rd from left) killed -at the Battle of Cedar Creek,
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Cowan also was active in veterans' affairs. On July 3, 1887, Col. Cowan took a leading part in the dedication of the monument to his battery in
Gettysburg. He also gave to veterans of MG
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dedicated in 1938. In 1915, Cowan was the father of a proposal to hold a
Confederate reunion in Washington. Later that year, he gave an address at the dedication of a statue of BG
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were among the participants. Cowan presented an
American flag that was hung beside the Confederate banner. Col. Cowan also served a term as president of the
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After the war, Andrew Cowan married his second wife, Anna
Gilbert, in New York State in 1876. On October 24, 1876, she bore a son, Gilbert S. Cowan, in
651:, vol. 2, p. 1561, lists Cowan as promoted to captain on January 23, 1862; but Capt. Kennedy did not leave his captaincy until April 30 of that year.
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697:"New York – 1st Independent Artillery Memorial (Capt Andrew Cowan) at Gettysburg Nat'l Military Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania"
416:'s surrender, at which he was present, the battery returned home. It was honorably discharged and mustered out June 23, 1865, at
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Lieutenant Andrew Cowan, commanding officer, and First-Lieutenant William F. Wright, sit their horses on the farther side of the
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998:"Hurrah for the ould flag!": the true story of Captain Andrew Cowan and the First New York Independent Battery at Gettysburg
319:. In reserve at first, on July 3, 1863, it was placed just south of the copse of trees on Cemetery Ridge, in time to resist
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168:(September 29, 1841 – August 23, 1919) served as a Union artillerist in the
510:. When the Confederate reunion was held in 1917, Col. Cowan and President
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Colonel Andrew Cowan, Union Soldier, Louisville Citizen, Peacemaker
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637:"1st Independent, Battery, Light Artillery (Veteran), Civil War"
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rank of major, took command of the Artillery Brigade when Col
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1007:, 6 vols., Albany, J.B. Lyon company, state printers, 1912.
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545:"Thank Andrew Cowan for Louisville parks, not Castleman"
951:. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. October 13, 1915. p. 7
639:. New York Military Museum and Veterans Research Center
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603:. Louisville, Kentucky. August 24, 1919. p. 22
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1000:, Wolcott, N.Y.: Benedum Books, 1998.
725:Report of Brevet Major Andrew Cowan,
336:Second Battle of Rappahannock Station
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1005:New York in the War of the Rebellion
789:New York in the War of the Rebellion
729:, Series I, vol. 46, pt. 1, p. 1011.
649:New York in the War of the Rebellion
172:. He distinguished himself at the
1017:, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003,
675:"1st New York Independent Battery"
516:Society of the Army of the Potomac
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508:Gettysburg National Military Park
349:and in the earliest stage of the
890:. September 10, 1895. p. 1.
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543:Burnette, Eric (May 26, 2017).
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830:"Kentuckians See Mr. McKinley"
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802:"Excavating For the Pedestal"
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463:John Breckinridge Castleman
365:, Cowan was wounded at the
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867:. July 4, 1887. p. 1.
858:"On the Battlefield Again"
810:. July 11, 1883. p. 8
744:Historical Marker Database
488:Grand Army of the Republic
367:Third Battle of Winchester
353:. Then it served with the
902:Preservation and Progress
740:"Ewell's Line of Defense"
627:, December 5, 1861, p. 5.
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298:Chancellorsville Campaign
188:Andrew Cowan was born in
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502:, who had commanded the
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376:Cowan served briefly in
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294:Battle of Fredericksburg
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879:"Grand Army Encampment"
764:Bush, Bryan S. (2015).
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971:"Blue Greets the Gray"
943:"Webb Statue Unveiled"
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351:Siege of Petersburg
280:. It took part in
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249:'s division of the
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625:The New York Times
600:The New York Times
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429:Life in Louisville
418:Syracuse, New York
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296:. In the
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