Colonel Andrew Cowan von Bryan S Bush

Union Soldier, Louisville Citizen, Peacemaker
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Andrew Cowan, answered the call for volunteers from President Abraham Lincoln and joined the Union army. Over the next four years, he rose through the ranks of the artillery, becoming a colonel commanding his own brigade. Cowan was present at the surrender of Appomattox, when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, which essentially ended the Civil War conflict. Following the War, he moved to Louisville, Kentucky and became a very successful businessman in the leather industry. With his success in business, he decided to follow in the footsteps of Andrew Carnegie and use his wealth towards philanthropic endeavors. He was on the board of directors for the Southern Exposition (1883-1887), helped raise funding for the base of the Statue of Liberty, and came up with the idea for a Louisville Park System. Later in life, he tried to mend the wounds from the Civil War that tore the country apart. He was the father of the "Blue and Gray Reunion" at Gettysburg in 1887 and helped organize the Fiftieth Anniversary Reunion at Gettysburg. Although he fought for the North during the War, he dedicated his life after the War towards fostering peace between the North and South. He served not only his city and his country, but also he served his fellow man.

ISBN: 978-1-938905-86-5
GTIN: 9781938905865
Autor Bush, Bryan S
Verlag Acclaim Press
Einband Fester Einband
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
Seitenangabe 192 S.
Ausgabekennzeichen Englisch

Über den Autor Bryan S Bush

Bryan Bush is a Louisville native with a passion for history, especially the Civil War. He has consulted for movie companies and other authors, coordinated with other museums on displays of various museum articles and artifacts and written for magazines, such as the Kentucky Explorer and Back Home in Kentucky . Mr. Bush has published more than fourteen books on the Civil War and Louisville history, including Louisville's Southern Exposition and The Men Who Built the City of Progress: Louisville During the Gilded Age . Bryan Bush has been a Civil War reenactor for fifteen years, portraying an artillerist. In December 2019, Bryan Bush became the park manager for the Perryville State Historic Site.

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