p15774coll15_98_full Date Wednesday Dec 8, 2021 Size 933 × 1100 Gallery In the Archives: William A. Cowles and the Civil War Previous Next Daguerreotype in daguerreotype case of Josephine Cowles, likely with one of her daughters. Josephine and William Cowles had two daughters, Josephine Virginia Cowles (born April 19, 1859) and Mabel Gertrude Cowles (born October 9, 1860).