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Sowle, Charles H., ca. 1840-1912. Memoir, undated. 14 pp.
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Content
Capt. Charles H. Sowle, who served in the 48 Ky. Cav. (US) during the Civil War, describes his unit's service in the cavalry operations of the Western Theater from the spring of 1862 to Gen. James H. Wilson's 1865 raid through Alabama and Georgia. In addition to military operations he provides glimpses of military life, describes an episode ofplundering, his poor medical care, a narrow escape from capture at Chickamauga and the riotous behavior of his comrades while on leave in Lexington, Ky. in March, 1864.