Edris Berkley Bowie to Horace Kephart, January 3, 1919

Edris Berkley Bowie to Horace Kephart, January 3, 1919

Bowie, E. Berkley (Edris Berkely), 1882-

Confederate States of America. Army -- Firearms

Firearms -- Private collections

Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931

In a letter to Horace Kephart on January 3, 1919, Edris Bowie inquires into Kephart's knowledge of firearms with regards to Bowie's collection of roughly 250, all made in the South from 1861 to 1865. Several features within the collection including stamps on the brass frames of the guns remain a mystery to Bowie, and he hopes Kephart can provide some insight into them. Bowie speculates that the Henry rifles in the collection were used by the 14th Missouri Regiment, or Birge's Sharpshooters, in the Battle of Shiloh, in 1862.

Bowie, E. Berkley (Edris Berkley), 1882-

Horace Kephart Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1919-01-03

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