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Pvt Joshua Bowman

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Pvt Joshua Bowman

Birth
Burke County, North Carolina, USA
Death
2 Apr 1865 (aged 32)
Dinwiddie County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Bethlehem, Alexander County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Pvt. Joshua Bowman was the son of Joseph and Sarah Bowman.
Joshua married Eliza Moser on Aug. 5, 1857 in Catawba County, NC.

Name: Joshua Bowman
Residence: Alexander County, North Carolina
Enlistment Date: 8 Aug 1862
Enlistment Place: Iredell County, North Carolina
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: North Carolina
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 8 August 1862 at the age of 30.
Enlisted in Company F, 37th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 8 Aug 1862.
Killed Company F, 37th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 2 Apr 1865 at Petersburg, VA.

Joshua was wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1-5, 1863, he was hospitalized in the hospital on David's Island, New York Harbor, on or about July 17, 1863. He was paroled and transferred to City Point, Virginia, where he was received on September 16, 1863, for exchange. He returned to duty in January-February 1864. On July 30, 1864, he was hospitalized in Richmond, Virginia, with a gunshot wound to the left arm. The place and date of the wound was not reported. Returning to duty in September-October 1864, he was present or accounted for through February 1865. On April 2, 1865, he was reported killed "in breastworks" on the south side of Petersburg, Virginia.

This memorial is a cenotaph that was erected beside of the grave of his widow. He was probably buried in an unmarked grave in the North Carolina section of the cemetery at
Blandford Church, Petersburg, VA.
Pvt. Joshua Bowman was the son of Joseph and Sarah Bowman.
Joshua married Eliza Moser on Aug. 5, 1857 in Catawba County, NC.

Name: Joshua Bowman
Residence: Alexander County, North Carolina
Enlistment Date: 8 Aug 1862
Enlistment Place: Iredell County, North Carolina
Side Served: Confederacy
State Served: North Carolina
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 8 August 1862 at the age of 30.
Enlisted in Company F, 37th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 8 Aug 1862.
Killed Company F, 37th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 2 Apr 1865 at Petersburg, VA.

Joshua was wounded and captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1-5, 1863, he was hospitalized in the hospital on David's Island, New York Harbor, on or about July 17, 1863. He was paroled and transferred to City Point, Virginia, where he was received on September 16, 1863, for exchange. He returned to duty in January-February 1864. On July 30, 1864, he was hospitalized in Richmond, Virginia, with a gunshot wound to the left arm. The place and date of the wound was not reported. Returning to duty in September-October 1864, he was present or accounted for through February 1865. On April 2, 1865, he was reported killed "in breastworks" on the south side of Petersburg, Virginia.

This memorial is a cenotaph that was erected beside of the grave of his widow. He was probably buried in an unmarked grave in the North Carolina section of the cemetery at
Blandford Church, Petersburg, VA.

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  • Maintained by: MWJ
  • Originally Created by: Autumn
  • Added: Mar 12, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25220113/joshua-bowman: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Joshua Bowman (3 Oct 1832–2 Apr 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25220113, citing Shiloh Cemetery, Bethlehem, Alexander County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by MWJ (contributor 47466153).