July 21, 2026
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Andrew B. Bowering
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At age eighteen, Andrew served, with the rank of private, as a bugler at the first battle of Manassas. He moved up quickly, and by July 1861 was a musician in Virginia’s 30th Regimental Band, and then on June 1, 1862, he was promoted to principal musician. He distinguished himself as a composer of dozens
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Museum ships, especially US Navy Battleships have been favorites of American vacationers for decades. Currently there are nine. The USS Texas is one of the oldest and most historic. She saw action in both world wars. Postcards help tell her story.