James studied law and was admitted to the bar in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. Soon after being admitted to the bar, he went to Bathrop, Louisiana and practiced law in Morehouse and adjourning parishes for four years.
He served as a first Lieutenant in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and soon after its close came North and engaged in the mercantile business in Linesville, where he also practiced law.
He was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant of the "Davenport Rebels" – Company G, 15th Regiment Louisiana Infantry on August 6, 1861. He is recorded as being a native of Pennsylvania and was a lawyer in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana before the onset of the war.
He was among the wounded at the June 30, 1862 battle of Frazier's Farm, Virginia. Likewise, he was wounded at Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863. Further, he was captured in the wake of the Wilderness battle on May 10, 1864 and was confined to Fort Delaware.
Thenceforth, he was shipped to Charleston, South Carolina on August 20, 1864. Placed on Morris Island as a "human shield", it was there and then when the United States Government began its deliberate and persistent torture upon him.
He was removed to Fort Pulaski, Georgia and then was returned to Fort Delaware. There, he gave his Oath on June 16, 1865.
He along with 599 other Confederate officers became known as the "Immortal 600". - Military bio courtesy of Stonewall
James and Emily Bowman had four known children: Freddie W., who died at the age of 5; an un-named infant; Orline, and Professor Roscoe Bowman.
He served as a first Lieutenant in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and soon after its close came North and engaged in the mercantile business in Linesville, where he also practiced law.
He was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant of the "Davenport Rebels" – Company G, 15th Regiment Louisiana Infantry on August 6, 1861. He is recorded as being a native of Pennsylvania and was a lawyer in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana before the onset of the war.
He was among the wounded at the June 30, 1862 battle of Frazier's Farm, Virginia. Likewise, he was wounded at Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863. Further, he was captured in the wake of the Wilderness battle on May 10, 1864 and was confined to Fort Delaware.
Thenceforth, he was shipped to Charleston, South Carolina on August 20, 1864. Placed on Morris Island as a "human shield", it was there and then when the United States Government began its deliberate and persistent torture upon him.
He was removed to Fort Pulaski, Georgia and then was returned to Fort Delaware. There, he gave his Oath on June 16, 1865.
He along with 599 other Confederate officers became known as the "Immortal 600". - Military bio courtesy of Stonewall
James and Emily Bowman had four known children: Freddie W., who died at the age of 5; an un-named infant; Orline, and Professor Roscoe Bowman.
James studied law and was admitted to the bar in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. Soon after being admitted to the bar, he went to Bathrop, Louisiana and practiced law in Morehouse and adjourning parishes for four years.
He served as a first Lieutenant in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and soon after its close came North and engaged in the mercantile business in Linesville, where he also practiced law.
He was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant of the "Davenport Rebels" – Company G, 15th Regiment Louisiana Infantry on August 6, 1861. He is recorded as being a native of Pennsylvania and was a lawyer in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana before the onset of the war.
He was among the wounded at the June 30, 1862 battle of Frazier's Farm, Virginia. Likewise, he was wounded at Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863. Further, he was captured in the wake of the Wilderness battle on May 10, 1864 and was confined to Fort Delaware.
Thenceforth, he was shipped to Charleston, South Carolina on August 20, 1864. Placed on Morris Island as a "human shield", it was there and then when the United States Government began its deliberate and persistent torture upon him.
He was removed to Fort Pulaski, Georgia and then was returned to Fort Delaware. There, he gave his Oath on June 16, 1865.
He along with 599 other Confederate officers became known as the "Immortal 600". - Military bio courtesy of Stonewall
James and Emily Bowman had four known children: Freddie W., who died at the age of 5; an un-named infant; Orline, and Professor Roscoe Bowman.
He served as a first Lieutenant in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and soon after its close came North and engaged in the mercantile business in Linesville, where he also practiced law.
He was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant of the "Davenport Rebels" – Company G, 15th Regiment Louisiana Infantry on August 6, 1861. He is recorded as being a native of Pennsylvania and was a lawyer in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana before the onset of the war.
He was among the wounded at the June 30, 1862 battle of Frazier's Farm, Virginia. Likewise, he was wounded at Chancellorsville on May 3, 1863. Further, he was captured in the wake of the Wilderness battle on May 10, 1864 and was confined to Fort Delaware.
Thenceforth, he was shipped to Charleston, South Carolina on August 20, 1864. Placed on Morris Island as a "human shield", it was there and then when the United States Government began its deliberate and persistent torture upon him.
He was removed to Fort Pulaski, Georgia and then was returned to Fort Delaware. There, he gave his Oath on June 16, 1865.
He along with 599 other Confederate officers became known as the "Immortal 600". - Military bio courtesy of Stonewall
James and Emily Bowman had four known children: Freddie W., who died at the age of 5; an un-named infant; Orline, and Professor Roscoe Bowman.
