Alexander Hamilton Bowman Military person

Alexander Hamilton Bowman (May 15, 1803 – November 11, 1865) was an engineer, military educator, and career officer in the United States Army. Bowman supervised the erection of Charleston Harbor defenses, including Fort Sumter, and served as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York during the American Civil War.

Personal facts

Alexander Hamilton Bowman
Birth dateMay 15, 1803
Birth place
Pennsylvania , Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania
Date of deathNovember 11, 1865
Place of death
Pennsylvania , Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania

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Military person

allegiance
United States of America
Union
military operations
American Civil War
military branch
Union Army
military commandUSMA Superintendent
military unit
United States Army Corps of Engineers
service start1825
service end1865

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External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books?id=bzEUAAAAYAAJ&client=firefox-a
  2. http://digital-library.usma.edu/libmedia/archives/cullum/VOL1_PART0004.PDF
  3. http://digital-library.usma.edu/libmedia/archives/cullum/VOL_PART0005.PDF
  4. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/sources/records/list.cfm
  5. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000894GRQ
  6. http://www.swarthmore.edu/library/friends/ead/5108ogde.xml#boxfolder