Civil War Union Army Officer. He served during the Civil War as Lieutenant Colonel of the 8th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, a three month enlistment regiment that served from April to July 1861.
This Samuel Bowman was b. in Wilkes-Barre, PA on 31 October 1818 and was the fourth child of Gen. Isaac Bowman, who was b. on 27 Dec 1773 in New Braintree, Worcester, MA. On 19 Jun 1861 he was captured by Confederate pickets after the battle of Falling Waters while on a reconnoiter across the Potomac from his encampment. He was paroled in Richmond, VA. He d. in Wilkes-Barre on 19 April 1889. He was a LTC in the 8th Regiment, PA Volunteers.
The source of this info: The Story of Bowman's Hill Wilkes-Barre, Penna., by Charles Bowman Dougherty, 1912. Pages 37-38. There is a picture of LTC Bowan in his military uniform on page 38.
This Samuel Bowman was b. in Wilkes-Barre, PA on 31 October 1818 and was the fourth child of Gen. Isaac Bowman, who was b. on 27 Dec 1773 in New Braintree, Worcester, MA. On 19 Jun 1861 he was captured by Confederate pickets after the battle of Falling Waters while on a reconnoiter across the Potomac from his encampment. He was paroled in Richmond, VA. He d. in Wilkes-Barre on 19 April 1889. He was a LTC in the 8th Regiment, PA Volunteers.
The source of this info: The Story of Bowman's Hill Wilkes-Barre, Penna., by Charles Bowman Dougherty, 1912. Pages 37-38. There is a picture of LTC Bowan in his military uniform on page 38.
Civil War Union Army Officer. He served during the Civil War as Lieutenant Colonel of the 8th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, a three month enlistment regiment that served from April to July 1861.
This Samuel Bowman was b. in Wilkes-Barre, PA on 31 October 1818 and was the fourth child of Gen. Isaac Bowman, who was b. on 27 Dec 1773 in New Braintree, Worcester, MA. On 19 Jun 1861 he was captured by Confederate pickets after the battle of Falling Waters while on a reconnoiter across the Potomac from his encampment. He was paroled in Richmond, VA. He d. in Wilkes-Barre on 19 April 1889. He was a LTC in the 8th Regiment, PA Volunteers.
The source of this info: The Story of Bowman's Hill Wilkes-Barre, Penna., by Charles Bowman Dougherty, 1912. Pages 37-38. There is a picture of LTC Bowan in his military uniform on page 38.
This Samuel Bowman was b. in Wilkes-Barre, PA on 31 October 1818 and was the fourth child of Gen. Isaac Bowman, who was b. on 27 Dec 1773 in New Braintree, Worcester, MA. On 19 Jun 1861 he was captured by Confederate pickets after the battle of Falling Waters while on a reconnoiter across the Potomac from his encampment. He was paroled in Richmond, VA. He d. in Wilkes-Barre on 19 April 1889. He was a LTC in the 8th Regiment, PA Volunteers.
The source of this info: The Story of Bowman's Hill Wilkes-Barre, Penna., by Charles Bowman Dougherty, 1912. Pages 37-38. There is a picture of LTC Bowan in his military uniform on page 38.
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