Title: The forgotten Stonewall of the West : Major General John Stevens Bowen /
Authors: Tucker, Phillip Thomas, 1953-
Publisher: Mercer University Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Bowen, John Stevens,; Confederate States of America. Biography.; Generals Confederate States of America Biography; Mississippi History; Tennessee History
Abstract: The Forgotten "Stonewall of the West" for the first time rightly places Major General John Stevens Bowen into top ranking as one of the best division commanders who fought for the Confederacy. The case is made repeatedly throughout this book that Bowen, even more than General Pat Cleburne, was entitled to a lofty reputation - more indeed than any other Confederate general in the West. This book parallels the lives of Bowen and General Ulysses S. Grant. Bowen and Grant were West Pointers and St. Louis neighbors who faced each other both before the war and on some of the great battlefields during the war. Because General Bowen died of disease in July 1863 immediately after the fall of Vicksburg, his story, until now, has been almost forgotten.