Life Span
to
Full name
Joseph Anthony Mower
Place of Birth
Woodstock, VT
Burial Place
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
Family
Nathaniel Mower (father), Sophia Holmes Mower (mother),  Betsey A. Bailey (wife)
Occupation
Military
Political Parties
Republican
Military
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
Union forces withdraw from the Mississippi state capital of Jackson after inflicting heavy damage
On the Mississippi, the Union's Army of the Tennessee completely surrounds Vicksburg
The Union's Army of the Tennessee attempts the storming of Vicksburg but is beaten back
Second Union attempt to take Vicksburg by infantry assault ends in bloody failure with 500 dead
After twice failing to storm the city, Union General Grant orders a siege at Vicksburg, Mississippi
- In Mississippi, the Siege of Vicksburg continues
Texas Infantry fight a rearguard action as the Confederates withdraw from Richmond, Louisiana
On the Red River, Union troops storm the formidable Fort De Russy in twenty minutes
More than a hundred general officers of volunteers are mustered out of the Union Army
President Johnson relieves Fifth District military governor General Phil Sheridan of his duties.
Vicksburg Campaign
Sherman's March
Reconstruction
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