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Pvt Joseph Bowman

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Pvt Joseph Bowman

Birth
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
21 May 1925 (aged 85)
Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Private Bowman served in Company G, 122nd Pa. Vol. of the Union Army from August 11, 1862, until May 15, 1863.

The son of Isaac Brenneman & Anna (Musser) Bowman, in 1860 he was an apprentice cabinet maker living with and/or working for cabinet maker Christian Bachman in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 4" tall and had dark hair and blue eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg July 13, 1861, mustered into federal service there August 5 as a private with Battery G, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery (43rd Pa), but "deserted from [his] post in action at Gaines Mills[, Virginia,] June 27, 1862." He returned to Lancaster and enlisted in Strasburg August 5, 1862, mustered into federal service at Lancaster August 11 as a private with Co. G, 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 15, 1863.
Private Bowman served in Company G, 122nd Pa. Vol. of the Union Army from August 11, 1862, until May 15, 1863.

The son of Isaac Brenneman & Anna (Musser) Bowman, in 1860 he was an apprentice cabinet maker living with and/or working for cabinet maker Christian Bachman in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 4" tall and had dark hair and blue eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg July 13, 1861, mustered into federal service there August 5 as a private with Battery G, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery (43rd Pa), but "deserted from [his] post in action at Gaines Mills[, Virginia,] June 27, 1862." He returned to Lancaster and enlisted in Strasburg August 5, 1862, mustered into federal service at Lancaster August 11 as a private with Co. G, 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 15, 1863.


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  • Created by: rnmacmullan
  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71874937/joseph-bowman: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Joseph Bowman (8 Feb 1840–21 May 1925), Find a Grave Memorial ID 71874937, citing Riverside Cemetery, Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by rnmacmullan (contributor 47003077).