Enlisted as a Private on 1 November 1864 in 1st Light Artillery Regiment Indiana.
GAR: John A. Logan Post. No. 199, N. Manchester, IN
Mustered Out 1st Light Artillery Regiment Indiana on 22 Aug 1865 at Indianapolis, IN.
Accd'g to newspaper article shown, Joseph Cowgill was the youngest soldier enlisted in the Civil War; he lost both of his hands in a Fourth of July explosion, and lived to become the city clerk. He was noted for his penmanship.
GAR: John A. Logan Post. No. 199, N. Manchester, IN
Mustered Out 1st Light Artillery Regiment Indiana on 22 Aug 1865 at Indianapolis, IN.
Accd'g to newspaper article shown, Joseph Cowgill was the youngest soldier enlisted in the Civil War; he lost both of his hands in a Fourth of July explosion, and lived to become the city clerk. He was noted for his penmanship.
Enlisted as a Private on 1 November 1864 in 1st Light Artillery Regiment Indiana.
GAR: John A. Logan Post. No. 199, N. Manchester, IN
Mustered Out 1st Light Artillery Regiment Indiana on 22 Aug 1865 at Indianapolis, IN.
Accd'g to newspaper article shown, Joseph Cowgill was the youngest soldier enlisted in the Civil War; he lost both of his hands in a Fourth of July explosion, and lived to become the city clerk. He was noted for his penmanship.
GAR: John A. Logan Post. No. 199, N. Manchester, IN
Mustered Out 1st Light Artillery Regiment Indiana on 22 Aug 1865 at Indianapolis, IN.
Accd'g to newspaper article shown, Joseph Cowgill was the youngest soldier enlisted in the Civil War; he lost both of his hands in a Fourth of July explosion, and lived to become the city clerk. He was noted for his penmanship.
