Bowen the Confederate officer and political kingmaker in Charleston
A long narrative outlines C. C. Bowen’s life from Providence to South Carolina, detailing Civil War service, alleged murder involvement, court trials, and a volatile postwar career. It covers Bowen’s rise with Freedmen’s Bureau ties, Republican organizing, factional battles with Mackey, congressional contests, sheriff terms, mayoral influence, and marriages including a controversial Washington trial and Grant era pardon. It also notes Hancock’s New Orleans leadership and broader Reconstruction era politics.
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Charleston
George Street
Bowen
Major Corbin
Freedman's Bureau
Howes
Mackey
Horley
H. Judge Moore
Gilbert Pillsbury
Republican Party
Daddy Gain
Calhoun Street
Leli
Columbia
Bureau
Castro
Inckney
Jim
Npt suBicinat
Fanoue
Congress
J. Scolbrand
Charleston County
Bowen and Mackey
A.G. Mackey
RK. G. DeLarge
Whlavia
Chia
DeLarge
Lowerer
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Cwa
Criminal Court of
J All
Grant
Scott
J. J. Bandy
Alature
Coluumbia
Denniskey
Treasury
Hardy
Charleton
Alert
BE. W.M. Mackey
Board of State
John J. Patterson
United States Senate
Bia
Patterson
Canon Piery
Sherif
Mackay
Hampton
Towed
Ehae
Voite Ootim
George J. Cunningham
Eurstatland
Cilonfighune
Une
John A. Wagecer
Johson
Hancock
Fifth Military District
Department of the Gulf
New Orleans
South
Hunt
Johnson
Grit Miutrang Dist
New Onneans
Lac
Army
Adjutant General’s Office
Washington, D
WS. Hancock
Louisiana
Texas
Gener
Les
Salgmoly
Uieso
Regula
Arma
W. 5. Hancock
Loss of the Seawanhaka Steamer and Fire Disaster
Reports from New York detail the burning of the Seawanhaka steamer Sumwanhute Monday night. About forty passengers are missing, with ten bodies recovered. many were well-to-do city and Long Island travelers. Captain Charles P. Smith steered toward Sunken Meadow to beach the vessel as flames and explosions raged, with numerous passengers leaping overboard or reaching Ward's Island in lifeboats and wrecked craft.
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New York
Sui
Seawanhnxa
Bust River
Neny Paxentert
Sea Clo
Band
Glen Coxe
Roslyn
Gong Taland
Aynong
Blackwell's Island
Hallect’s Point
Charles P. Smith
Eoen
Leas
Suoken Meadows
Smith
Elisilot
Ward
Hallatt
Mendowa
Randall's Island
Winhaka
Ashort
Tanyo
Ranedall
Taland
Heanya
Petersburg
Virginia
Hing
United States Army
Smolth
Petnak
Iime
Camrie Beadle
Key West
Charlie
Ohio
United States
Tommy
Harry
Grant
Helens
Fox
Chicago
Wis
Palmer House
Sherman
Washington
Mt. Garfield
Credit Mobillee
Harpers Weekly
Forestry Department
Senitz
Nancy
What a Patchwork of Wit and Witless Bits
A fragment dense with humorous quips and stray notices, naming Hancock, Prairie Wolf, and other figures in brief brushstrokes. It mixes political hints with scattered jokes, odd anecdotes, and a note on tobacco contracts, all in a late 19th century newspaper flavor.
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Hancock
Hixtin
Hilary Hancock
Minneapolis
Minn
Prairie Wolf
New York
Wade Hampton
Lesington
West Auton
James A. Bayard
Bayard
Conover
Florida
Horton Meralt
Linc
Binana
Tadiana
Baty
Fred Grant
Boston Globe
Dane Ger
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Augusta
Georgia
Lee County
Savannah
Rogers
Earl
Perk
Mayle
Savan
Wea
Wall
Parker White
Cfficde
Emna Jeor
Gol. White
Wacomun Neck
Shavaco
Twenty-first
Georgia Battalion of Cavalry
Co. Tumbla
Grimes
Col
Whits
Waccamaw
Bowes
Col. White
Thors
Col. Waite
White
Vine
Hone
Cal. White
Beck
Fowas
Offcer
Bind Bowen
Abergala
Neice and Courier
Messrs
Corbie and
Butts
News and Courier
H. A. M. Smith
W. H. Brayley
Mexara, Torlor & Conner
Howed
Yous
Neearil
Feld
Teuben Tomlinson
Moses
Sivce
Paugh-King-Bowen
North
Esro
Diaz
Ia Rovayn
Bnorser
Third Avenue
Henry Seib
Jeremiah Morneat
Morrissey
Seib
Morrisseys
Niagara Falls
Falls of
Niagara
T. B. Fuller
Hamilton
Ontario
Ilslaughter
Inez Agosual
Fuller
Lake Erie
Buffalo
Canade
Anne
Garfield
James A. Garfield
San Antonio
Murmops
Walker
Gasca
Mancock
Statesimans
W. G. Minener
Pease
Nthem
Anuul
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Lun
Jomimiguder
Praca
Esiattela
Peake Tsay Bn Eal Yabinbys
Uch
Dakota
Atlantic
New York City
Meado
Pentsylvania
Baltimore
Generl Tiuncock
St. Louis
Elmira Rossel
Ho Tins
Therm
Ada Elizabeth Hancock
Indy
Russell Hancock
Mississippi
Hinrende
Triffe
The
Republicans
Leonard W. Jerome
Gexenal
General Grant
Lee
Raymond
Nye
Committee of Congress
Thad Stevens
Anthony J. Raymond
New York Times
Philadelpha
Barats
John Forney
Philadelphia Progress
Garhold
Arthur
Pornoy
Dilett Dinisters
Adispatels
Auuntn
Treasury Department
Zai
Campbell County
Hia
Hloftsville
Auaita
Intrest
Union County
Inistoner
Teestria
J. JoChesser
Chesser
Goestue
Thin
Thin County
Cols Pitrsimons
Ailigulty
Doling
Armel Ratta Tone
Ghesser Son Ksouth
Atlanti
Elin Ridge
Ismara
Bate
Milroad
Stephana
Wright
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Bve
Bieker