Residence: Stafford County, VA.; 19 years old.
Enlisted on 7/23/1861, he was mustered into Company I, 11th Virginia Infantry as a Private.
Promoted to Corporal 8/10/1862.
Wounded 8/30/1862 in 2nd Manassas, VA.; returned to duty 9/1863.
Listed on Sept & Oct 1863 Roll as being Detailed as conscript officer.
Transferred 9/14/1864 into Company H "Black horse Cavalry", 4th Virginia Cavalry.
POW 4/1/1865 at Fairmouth in Battle of Five Forks, Va.
Postwar: attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA.; established medical practice in Brentsville, Va.; married Margaret Hore, daughter of Navy surgeon Walter Holt; father of Mary Ada Bowen and Walter Bowen.
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Dr. Peter B. Bowen, of Manassas, died at Danville Saturday.
Dr. Bowen was taken ill while returning from the Confederate reunion In Texas and stopped in Danville, where a surgical operation was performed on him, which, however, proved fatal. Alexandria Gazette , June 16, 1902.
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The 4th Cavalry Regiment, "Escorts to Gen. Stonewall Jackson", completed its organization at Sangster's Cross Roads, Prince William County, Virginia, in September, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Prince William, Chesterfield, Madison, Culpeper, Powhatan, Goochland, Hanover, Fauquier, Buckingham, and the City of Richmond.
It participated in the Battle of Williamsburg, the Seven Days' Battles, 2nd Manassas, Maryland campaigns, Fredericksburg, Kelly's Ford, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Upperville, Gettysburg, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Spotsylvania, Haw's Shop, Bethesda Church, the Shenandoah Valley with Early and around Appomattox.
Residence: Stafford County, VA.; 19 years old.
Enlisted on 7/23/1861, he was mustered into Company I, 11th Virginia Infantry as a Private.
Promoted to Corporal 8/10/1862.
Wounded 8/30/1862 in 2nd Manassas, VA.; returned to duty 9/1863.
Listed on Sept & Oct 1863 Roll as being Detailed as conscript officer.
Transferred 9/14/1864 into Company H "Black horse Cavalry", 4th Virginia Cavalry.
POW 4/1/1865 at Fairmouth in Battle of Five Forks, Va.
Postwar: attended Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA.; established medical practice in Brentsville, Va.; married Margaret Hore, daughter of Navy surgeon Walter Holt; father of Mary Ada Bowen and Walter Bowen.
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Dr. Peter B. Bowen, of Manassas, died at Danville Saturday.
Dr. Bowen was taken ill while returning from the Confederate reunion In Texas and stopped in Danville, where a surgical operation was performed on him, which, however, proved fatal. Alexandria Gazette , June 16, 1902.
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The 4th Cavalry Regiment, "Escorts to Gen. Stonewall Jackson", completed its organization at Sangster's Cross Roads, Prince William County, Virginia, in September, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Prince William, Chesterfield, Madison, Culpeper, Powhatan, Goochland, Hanover, Fauquier, Buckingham, and the City of Richmond.
It participated in the Battle of Williamsburg, the Seven Days' Battles, 2nd Manassas, Maryland campaigns, Fredericksburg, Kelly's Ford, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Upperville, Gettysburg, Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, Todd's Tavern, Spotsylvania, Haw's Shop, Bethesda Church, the Shenandoah Valley with Early and around Appomattox.
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