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Quartermaster · U.S. Navy

Edward R. Bowman

Quartermaster Edward R. Bowman, Navy, received the Medal of Honor for actions between January 13 and 15, 1865 at Fort Fisher, North Carolina during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War January 13 - 15, 1865

Quartermaster Edward R. Bowman was a sailor in the U.S. Navy who received the Medal of Honor for his actions between January 13 and 15, 1865 at Fort Fisher, North Carolina during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with U.S.S. Ticonderoga. Bowman was about 39 years old.

16 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day.

Bowman was born in 1826 in Eastport, Washington County, Maine. His Medal of Honor is credited to Maine. Bowman died on October 20, 1898, at the age of about 72. He is buried at Hillside Cemetery in Eastport, Maine.

Bowman is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 66 credited to Maine.

★ Wounded but Fought On

Official Medal of Honor citation

On board the U.S.S. Ticonderoga during attacks on Fort Fisher, 13 to 15 January 1865. Despite severe wounds sustained during the action, Bowman displayed outstanding courage in the performance of duty as his ship maintained its well-placed fire upon the batteries onshore, and thereafter, as she materially lessened the power of guns on the mound which had been turned upon our assaulting columns. During this battle the flag was planted on one of the strongest fortifications possessed by the rebels.

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Wounds and injuries

What the citation records about his wounds:

Despite severe wounds sustained during the action, Bowman displayed outstanding courage in the performance of duty as his ship maintained its well-placed fire upon the batteries onshore, and thereafter, as she materially lessened the power of guns on the mound which had been turned upon our assaulting columns.
  • Age at death: about 72
  • Resting place: Hillside Cemetery

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Civil War.

Places

  • Born: Eastport — map
  • Died: Maine — map

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Timeline

  1. 1826
    Born in Eastport, Washington County, Maine
  2. January 13 - 15, 1865
    Act of valor — Fort Fisher, North Carolina
    Age about 39. U.S.S. Ticonderoga
  3. October 20, 1898
    Died
    Age about 72.
  4. Resting place
    Hillside Cemetery
    Eastport, Maine

Biography

Edward R. Bowman (c. 1826 – 1898) was a sailor in the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865.

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Also honored for actions on January 13 - 15, 1865

JB James Barnum Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1865 RB Richard Binder Sergeant · Marine Corps Civil War · 1865 WC William Campbell Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1865 JD John Dempster Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1865 WD William Dunn Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1865 TE Thomas English Signal Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1865 CF Charles H. Foy Signal Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1865 Isaac N. Fry Orderly Sergeant · Marine Corps Civil War · 1865 EH Edmund Haffee Quarter Gunner · Navy Civil War · 1865 JH Joseph B. Hayden Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1865 TJ Thomas Jones Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1865 NL Nicholas Lear Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1865

See all 17 recipients for January 13 - 15, 1865 →

Same unit

James Jonas Madison Lieutenant Commander · Navy World War I · 1918 GP George Prance Captain of the Main Top · Navy Civil War · 1864 WS William Shipman Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1865 WT William G. Taylor Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1864

More Civil War recipients from Maine

Henry Clay Wood First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1861 Lewellyn Garrish Estes Captain & Assistant Adjutant General · Army Civil War · 1864 John F. Chase Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Charles Amory Clark Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1863 AW Anthony Williams Sailmaker's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1864 JV James W. Verney Chief Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1865
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Wikidata and Wikipedia. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.