Bowden the Traitor: A Unionist Family in Confederate Williamsburg 
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 
Time: Noon-1:00 PM

During the secession crisis most Virginians were loyal Unionists,
capitulating only when President Lincoln called for state militia
volunteers to suppress the insurrection in the Deep South. Some remained
Unionists even after Virginia seceded. Among these were members of the
Bowden family, whose opposition to disunion resulted in great personal
sacrifice and placed them on an unlikely path of political activism that
stretched from the Civil War to the end of the 19th century. Don Gunter
will discuss how their decision affected the Bowden family. 
 
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