Guide to the Caleb T. Bowen Papers
Processed by D. Tambo and T. Lewis
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Guide to the Caleb T. Bowen Papers, ca. 1853-1906
Collection number: Wyles Mss 44
Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara
Contact Information:
- Department of Special Collections
- Davidson Library
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara, CA 93106
- Phone: (805) 893-3062
- Fax: (805) 893-5749
- Email: special@library.ucsb.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/special-collections/
- Processed by:
- D. Tambo and T. Lewis
- Date Completed:
-
28 January 2003
- Latest Revision:
- Apr. 30, 2012
- Encoded by:
- David C. Gartrell
© 2012 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Caleb T. Bowen Papers
Dates: ca. 1853-1906
Bulk Dates: 1861-1865
Collection Number: Wyles Mss 44
Creator:
Bowen, Caleb T.
Extent:
.3 linear feet
(1 half-size document box and 1 map folder)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Del Sur and Map Cabinet 1/3
Abstract: Primarily correspondence of a Civil War Union soldier, 4th Rhode Island Infantry, Co. H. .2 linar feet (1 box).
Language:
English.
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Caleb T. Bowen Papers. Wyles Mss 44. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1974.
Biography
Caleb Tillinghast Bowen was born on June 18, 1832 in West Woodstock, Connecticut. He married Lydia Waterman Knight in 1856,
and they settled in Wickford, Rhode Island, where their son Edward was born two and a half years later. With the outbreak
of the Civil War, Caleb Bowen joined the Rhode Island 4th Regiment, where he would attain the rank of captain. Captured twice
by Confederate troops, Bowen nevertheless survived the war, being finally mustered out of service on July 13, 1865. The Bowens
then began moving westward. They were living in Wisconsin when Lydia died in 1888. Caleb Bowen then died in Portland, Oregon
on December 9, 1906.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection primarily contains Civil War era correspondence and documents of Caleb T. Bowen, a Civil War Union captain,
Rhode Island Infantry, 4th Regiment (Vols), Co. H. The correspondence is mainly to and from Bowen's wife in Wickford, Rhode
Island. The documents include abstracts of materials expended and consumed, discharges, guard details, invoices, medical releases,
muster-in rolls, pay vouchers, promotions and appointments, quarterly returns of ordnance and ordnance stores, and requisitions.
There also is a blueprint copy of a Bowen family tree, the latest entry being 1906.
Series 1.
Correspondence
Additional Note
Mainly to/from Bowen's wife
Box 1: 1
1861
(includes hand-colored engraving of Camp Casey
Box 1: 12
Undated (includes numerous envelopes)
Map Cabinet 1: 3
Oversize [Map Cabinet] - documents and family tree,
ca. 1860s-1906
"Bowen's of Rehoboth Mass.," extensive Bowen family tree
Letter from H.J. Spooner,
Oct. 1862
Muster Roll for Capt. Caleb J. Bowen,
July 1863
"Quarterly Return of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores," Capt. C.J. Bowen,
Sept. 1863
"Quarterly Return of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores," Capt. C.J. Bowen,
June 1864
"Descriptive List of Deserters" - two pages, not filled out
List of clothing given to soldiers, signed by each,
Jan. 1864
