Go If You Think It Your Duty i Madison and Lizzie Bowler’s wedding photograph, November 30, 1862 ii [3.80.129.195] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 15:23 GMT) m i n n e s o t a h i s t o r i c a l s o c i e t y p r e s s Go If You Think It Your Duty A Minnesota Couple’s Civil War Letters andrea r. foroughi iii © 2008 by the Minnesota Historical Society. All rights reserved.No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any mannerwhatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information , write to the Minnesota Historical Society Press,345 Kellogg Blvd.W.,St.Paul,MN 55102-1906. http://www.mhspress.org The Minnesota Historical Society Press is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence for Printed Library Materials,ANSI Z39.48–1984. International Standard Book Number ISBN 13:978-0-87351-600-6 (cloth) ISBN 10:0-87351-600-1 (cloth) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bowler,James Madison,1838?–1916. Go if you think it your duty:a Minnesota couple’s Civil War letters / [edited by] Andrea R.Foroughi. p. cm. Letters between James Madison Bowler and Elizabeth CaleJ Bowler. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13:978-0-87351-600-6 (cloth:alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-87351-600-1 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Bowler,James Madison,1838?–1916— Correspondence. 2. Bowler,Elizabeth CaleJ,1841?– 1931—Correspondence. 3. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Personal narratives. 4. Minnesota—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Personal narratives. 5. United States.Army.Minnesota Infantry Regiment,3rd (1861–1865) 6. Nininger (Minn.)—Biography. 7. Nininger (Minn.)—Social conditions—19th century. I. Bowler, Elizabeth CaleJ, 1841?–1931. II. Foroughi,Andrea R.,1967– III. Minnesota Historical Society. IV. Title. E601.B79 2008 973.7⬘8—dc22 2007032726 iv [3.80.129.195] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 15:23 GMT) To Lizzie and Madison And to their family v vi ...