Confederate Veteran Magazine
Vol. 3, Nov. 1909
Commander of Memphis Encampment.
Synopsis of a sketch by his life-long friend Maj. Joseph Vaulx, who was Inspector General of Cheatham's Division, Army of Tennessee:
Col. Robert Bogardus Snowden was born in New York City, on Broadway, on the site of the late St. Nicholas Hotel, where at that event was situated the residence of his maternal grandfather, Gen. Robt Bogardus, April, 1836.
Although he first saw light in New York, he was "de jure" a native of Nashville, his father, John Bayard Snowden, having been for some years previous a resident, and the leading fancy dry goods merchant of the Rock City, Mr. Snowden and his wife were both natives of New York, and were cultivated and refined people, and for over twenty-five years were bright lights in Nashville's social circle--when chivalry, good breeding and honor were the passports.
They lived in generous style, and made their friends happy by their cordiality and sincerity on crossing their threshold.
Mr Snowden's family has given some prominent and noted men to the country. An Admiral, a Commodore in the navy, and Prof. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, were of them. His mother was the daughter of Gen. Robert Bogardus, a distinguished citizen of New York, an eminent lawyer, and at an early day was Maj. General commanding the Militia of New York State. He was a decendant of the orginal Dutch settlers, and the noted Aneke Jans was his ancestress. From such heredity we should expect a full rounded character.
In due time after being born, Bogardus was returned by canal and stage coach to the Rock City, where he grew up among the rattling boys of the era, but was always conservative, never getting into any very bad scrapes--if he did he got out of them.
He was educated at Nashville, and at the Western Military Institute, KY., by that strict disciplinarian, and able soldier, Gen. Bushrod Johnson. Finishing school, he went to New Orleans to learn business. After a few years he returned to Nashville, and was in business here when the war began.
Young Snowden was a military taste, and was one of the charter members of that crack company, the Rock City Guards in 1858.
Snowden went out as Adjutant of the First Tennessee Regiment in 1861. In 1862 Gen. Bushrod Johnson made him Assistant Adjutant Gen. of his brigade, which he ably filled, until in 1863 a vacancy of Lieutenant Colonel in the Twenty-fifth Tennessee Regiment, Johnson's Brigade, occurred, when the officers next in rank requested that Snowden be appointed to fill the vacancy. He did valiant service with his regiment at Chickamauga. By a very expert and brilliant maneuvre, taking a Federal Battery in flank, he captured it and its support of Infantry. He was complimented by his commanding General for the4 achievement.
Col. Snowden went with Gen. Johnson to Virginia and performed arduous service around Petersburg to the last.
After the war he engaged in business in New York. In 1868, married Miss Anna Brinkley, of Memphis, then the heiress of Tennessee, not of wealth alone, for she is the granddaughter of one of Tennessee's pioneers, Judge John Overton; a lady of gentle nature, refined and sincere; a domestic woman, a devoted mother, and true friend. Providence has blessed them in their union and companionship. While possessing a large fortune, they have never been arrogant or ostentatious in their manners. As a boy, young man, soldier, and man of affairs, Col. Snowden has done his part well; has kept the faith, and is highly esteemed in Tennessee's western metropolis and his old home, Nashville.
Vol. 3, Nov. 1909
Commander of Memphis Encampment.
Synopsis of a sketch by his life-long friend Maj. Joseph Vaulx, who was Inspector General of Cheatham's Division, Army of Tennessee:
Col. Robert Bogardus Snowden was born in New York City, on Broadway, on the site of the late St. Nicholas Hotel, where at that event was situated the residence of his maternal grandfather, Gen. Robt Bogardus, April, 1836.
Although he first saw light in New York, he was "de jure" a native of Nashville, his father, John Bayard Snowden, having been for some years previous a resident, and the leading fancy dry goods merchant of the Rock City, Mr. Snowden and his wife were both natives of New York, and were cultivated and refined people, and for over twenty-five years were bright lights in Nashville's social circle--when chivalry, good breeding and honor were the passports.
They lived in generous style, and made their friends happy by their cordiality and sincerity on crossing their threshold.
Mr Snowden's family has given some prominent and noted men to the country. An Admiral, a Commodore in the navy, and Prof. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, were of them. His mother was the daughter of Gen. Robert Bogardus, a distinguished citizen of New York, an eminent lawyer, and at an early day was Maj. General commanding the Militia of New York State. He was a decendant of the orginal Dutch settlers, and the noted Aneke Jans was his ancestress. From such heredity we should expect a full rounded character.
In due time after being born, Bogardus was returned by canal and stage coach to the Rock City, where he grew up among the rattling boys of the era, but was always conservative, never getting into any very bad scrapes--if he did he got out of them.
He was educated at Nashville, and at the Western Military Institute, KY., by that strict disciplinarian, and able soldier, Gen. Bushrod Johnson. Finishing school, he went to New Orleans to learn business. After a few years he returned to Nashville, and was in business here when the war began.
Young Snowden was a military taste, and was one of the charter members of that crack company, the Rock City Guards in 1858.
Snowden went out as Adjutant of the First Tennessee Regiment in 1861. In 1862 Gen. Bushrod Johnson made him Assistant Adjutant Gen. of his brigade, which he ably filled, until in 1863 a vacancy of Lieutenant Colonel in the Twenty-fifth Tennessee Regiment, Johnson's Brigade, occurred, when the officers next in rank requested that Snowden be appointed to fill the vacancy. He did valiant service with his regiment at Chickamauga. By a very expert and brilliant maneuvre, taking a Federal Battery in flank, he captured it and its support of Infantry. He was complimented by his commanding General for the4 achievement.
Col. Snowden went with Gen. Johnson to Virginia and performed arduous service around Petersburg to the last.
After the war he engaged in business in New York. In 1868, married Miss Anna Brinkley, of Memphis, then the heiress of Tennessee, not of wealth alone, for she is the granddaughter of one of Tennessee's pioneers, Judge John Overton; a lady of gentle nature, refined and sincere; a domestic woman, a devoted mother, and true friend. Providence has blessed them in their union and companionship. While possessing a large fortune, they have never been arrogant or ostentatious in their manners. As a boy, young man, soldier, and man of affairs, Col. Snowden has done his part well; has kept the faith, and is highly esteemed in Tennessee's western metropolis and his old home, Nashville.
Confederate Veteran Magazine
Vol. 3, Nov. 1909
Commander of Memphis Encampment.
Synopsis of a sketch by his life-long friend Maj. Joseph Vaulx, who was Inspector General of Cheatham's Division, Army of Tennessee:
Col. Robert Bogardus Snowden was born in New York City, on Broadway, on the site of the late St. Nicholas Hotel, where at that event was situated the residence of his maternal grandfather, Gen. Robt Bogardus, April, 1836.
Although he first saw light in New York, he was "de jure" a native of Nashville, his father, John Bayard Snowden, having been for some years previous a resident, and the leading fancy dry goods merchant of the Rock City, Mr. Snowden and his wife were both natives of New York, and were cultivated and refined people, and for over twenty-five years were bright lights in Nashville's social circle--when chivalry, good breeding and honor were the passports.
They lived in generous style, and made their friends happy by their cordiality and sincerity on crossing their threshold.
Mr Snowden's family has given some prominent and noted men to the country. An Admiral, a Commodore in the navy, and Prof. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, were of them. His mother was the daughter of Gen. Robert Bogardus, a distinguished citizen of New York, an eminent lawyer, and at an early day was Maj. General commanding the Militia of New York State. He was a decendant of the orginal Dutch settlers, and the noted Aneke Jans was his ancestress. From such heredity we should expect a full rounded character.
In due time after being born, Bogardus was returned by canal and stage coach to the Rock City, where he grew up among the rattling boys of the era, but was always conservative, never getting into any very bad scrapes--if he did he got out of them.
He was educated at Nashville, and at the Western Military Institute, KY., by that strict disciplinarian, and able soldier, Gen. Bushrod Johnson. Finishing school, he went to New Orleans to learn business. After a few years he returned to Nashville, and was in business here when the war began.
Young Snowden was a military taste, and was one of the charter members of that crack company, the Rock City Guards in 1858.
Snowden went out as Adjutant of the First Tennessee Regiment in 1861. In 1862 Gen. Bushrod Johnson made him Assistant Adjutant Gen. of his brigade, which he ably filled, until in 1863 a vacancy of Lieutenant Colonel in the Twenty-fifth Tennessee Regiment, Johnson's Brigade, occurred, when the officers next in rank requested that Snowden be appointed to fill the vacancy. He did valiant service with his regiment at Chickamauga. By a very expert and brilliant maneuvre, taking a Federal Battery in flank, he captured it and its support of Infantry. He was complimented by his commanding General for the4 achievement.
Col. Snowden went with Gen. Johnson to Virginia and performed arduous service around Petersburg to the last.
After the war he engaged in business in New York. In 1868, married Miss Anna Brinkley, of Memphis, then the heiress of Tennessee, not of wealth alone, for she is the granddaughter of one of Tennessee's pioneers, Judge John Overton; a lady of gentle nature, refined and sincere; a domestic woman, a devoted mother, and true friend. Providence has blessed them in their union and companionship. While possessing a large fortune, they have never been arrogant or ostentatious in their manners. As a boy, young man, soldier, and man of affairs, Col. Snowden has done his part well; has kept the faith, and is highly esteemed in Tennessee's western metropolis and his old home, Nashville.
Vol. 3, Nov. 1909
Commander of Memphis Encampment.
Synopsis of a sketch by his life-long friend Maj. Joseph Vaulx, who was Inspector General of Cheatham's Division, Army of Tennessee:
Col. Robert Bogardus Snowden was born in New York City, on Broadway, on the site of the late St. Nicholas Hotel, where at that event was situated the residence of his maternal grandfather, Gen. Robt Bogardus, April, 1836.
Although he first saw light in New York, he was "de jure" a native of Nashville, his father, John Bayard Snowden, having been for some years previous a resident, and the leading fancy dry goods merchant of the Rock City, Mr. Snowden and his wife were both natives of New York, and were cultivated and refined people, and for over twenty-five years were bright lights in Nashville's social circle--when chivalry, good breeding and honor were the passports.
They lived in generous style, and made their friends happy by their cordiality and sincerity on crossing their threshold.
Mr Snowden's family has given some prominent and noted men to the country. An Admiral, a Commodore in the navy, and Prof. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, were of them. His mother was the daughter of Gen. Robert Bogardus, a distinguished citizen of New York, an eminent lawyer, and at an early day was Maj. General commanding the Militia of New York State. He was a decendant of the orginal Dutch settlers, and the noted Aneke Jans was his ancestress. From such heredity we should expect a full rounded character.
In due time after being born, Bogardus was returned by canal and stage coach to the Rock City, where he grew up among the rattling boys of the era, but was always conservative, never getting into any very bad scrapes--if he did he got out of them.
He was educated at Nashville, and at the Western Military Institute, KY., by that strict disciplinarian, and able soldier, Gen. Bushrod Johnson. Finishing school, he went to New Orleans to learn business. After a few years he returned to Nashville, and was in business here when the war began.
Young Snowden was a military taste, and was one of the charter members of that crack company, the Rock City Guards in 1858.
Snowden went out as Adjutant of the First Tennessee Regiment in 1861. In 1862 Gen. Bushrod Johnson made him Assistant Adjutant Gen. of his brigade, which he ably filled, until in 1863 a vacancy of Lieutenant Colonel in the Twenty-fifth Tennessee Regiment, Johnson's Brigade, occurred, when the officers next in rank requested that Snowden be appointed to fill the vacancy. He did valiant service with his regiment at Chickamauga. By a very expert and brilliant maneuvre, taking a Federal Battery in flank, he captured it and its support of Infantry. He was complimented by his commanding General for the4 achievement.
Col. Snowden went with Gen. Johnson to Virginia and performed arduous service around Petersburg to the last.
After the war he engaged in business in New York. In 1868, married Miss Anna Brinkley, of Memphis, then the heiress of Tennessee, not of wealth alone, for she is the granddaughter of one of Tennessee's pioneers, Judge John Overton; a lady of gentle nature, refined and sincere; a domestic woman, a devoted mother, and true friend. Providence has blessed them in their union and companionship. While possessing a large fortune, they have never been arrogant or ostentatious in their manners. As a boy, young man, soldier, and man of affairs, Col. Snowden has done his part well; has kept the faith, and is highly esteemed in Tennessee's western metropolis and his old home, Nashville.
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