Bowen named soldiers of North Carolina
in the War between the States.

Includes Bowin and Boen spelling variations.

The Union

Bowen, James H. [ ref 3 ]

Private: First Regiment North Carolina Union Volunteers Company H.
Transferred from Company B, Second Regiment North Carolina Union Volunteers on February 27, 1865.
Present or accounted for until discharged on May 22, 1865, by reason of disability.

 

Bowen, James H. [ ref 3 ]

Private:Second Regiment North Carolina Union Volunteers Company B.
Born in Bertie County and previously served as a Private in Company B, Twelfth Battalion North Carolina
Cavalry (Confederate) from which he deserted on September 1, 1863. Enlisted in this company at Plymouth, NC, on October 23, 1863, at the age of 30. Present or accounted for until reported missing in action at Plymouth, April 17-20, 1864. Returned to the regiment during May-June, 1864. Present or accounted for until transferred to Company H, First Regiment North Carolina Union Volunteers on February 27, 1865.

 

Bowen, William E. [ ref 3 ]

Sergeant: Second Regiment North Carolina Union Volunteers Company E. Born in Bertie County where he resided prior to enlisting at Beaufort, NC, on November 5, 1863, at the age of 32. Mustered in as a Private and promoted to Sergeant on November 11, 1863. Present or accounted for until captured at Plymouth, NC, April 17-20, 1864. According to documents in the Federal pension file of his widow, Bowen reportedly died of disease while a prisoner of war at Andersonville, Georgia, in June or July 1864.

Bowin, William E.

2nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

 

The Confederates

Bowen, A.

4th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry (59th North Carolina State Troops)

 

Bowen, A. C.

Mallett's Company, North Carolina

 

Bowen, Al [ref 2 ]

Private: Sixty Eighth Regiment North Carolina Troops Company F
First name may have been Alpheus, a resident of Bertie County per the 1860 Federal census. A record of Confederate Veterans of Bertie County which is on file in the Bertie County Register of Deeds Office, Windsor, NC, indicates that he served in this company. No records found to corroborate this information.

 

Bowen, Alexander

35th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Alexander B.

Confederate Walker's Battalion, Thomas' North Carolina Legion

 

Bowen, Ansel

33rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Archibald

1st Battalion, North Carolina Heavy Artillery

 

Bowen, Arthur C.

25th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Calvin

20th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Chapel

21st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Daniel

55th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, David

17th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (2nd Organization)

 

Bowen, David A.

34th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Durham

3rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Edward F.

61st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Edward J.

31st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Eli

26th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Eli H.

61st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Elijah

25th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Ennoch S.

64th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (Allen's)

 

Bowen, Frederick C.

4th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry (59th North Carolina State Troops)

 

Bowen, Frederick C. [ ref 2 ]

Private: Fifty-ninth Regiment North Carolina StateTroops(Fourth Regiment North Carolina Cavalry) Company F. Enlisted in Bertie County on August 9,1862, at the age of 22. Wounded and paroled at Upperville, Virginia,on June 21, 1863. Reported as absent on parole through February 1864. Later served as a Private in Company F, Sixty-eighth Regiment North Carolina Troops.

 

Bowen, Frederick C. [ ref 2 ]

Sixty Eighth Regiment North Carolina Troops Company F
Private: Resided in Bertie County and previously served as a Private in Company F, Fifty-ninth Regiment North Carolina Troops (Fourth Regiment North Carolina Cavalry). While serving in the cavalry regiment, he was captured and paroled. Records of the Fourth Regiment North Carolina Cavalry reported him as absent on parole through February 1864. He enlisted in this company in Bertie County on May 20, 1864, and was present or accounted for through June 30, 1864, date of last available muster roll.

 

Bowen, G. N.

55th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, G. W.

44th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, G. W.

55th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, George

26th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, George A.: [ ref 2 ]

Sixth Eighth Regiment North Carolina Troops Company F
Resided in Bertie County. Date and place of enlistment not found. However, his name appears on a bounty roll for this company dated November 21, 1864. He received a $50 enlistment bounty "under the Ordinance of the Convention, ratified May 12, 1862."

 

Bowen, George W.

Confederate Infantry

51st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, George W.

55th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, H. H.

52nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Harrison

64th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (Allen's)

 

Bowen, Henry R.

52nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Hollaway E.

4th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry (59th North Carolina State Troops)

 

Bowen, Holloway E. [ ref 2 ]

Private: Fifty-ninth Regiment North Carolina StateTroopsFourth Regiment North Carolina Cavalry) Company F.. Enlisted in Bertie County on August 9, 1862. Died in hospital at Richmond, Virginia, on December 4, 1863, of pneumonia.

 

Bowen, Humphrey H. [ ref2]

Eighth Regiment North Carolina Militia
Second Lieutenant: Commissioned on November 2,1861, and served in the Salmon Creek District.

 

Bowen, J. M.

66th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, J. R.

Snead's Company, North Carolina Local Defense

 

Bowen, J. T.

4th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry (59th North Carolina State Troops)

 

Bowen, J. T.

12th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry

 

Bowen, J. W.

66th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, James

35th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, James B.

2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, James D.

28th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, James E.

2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, James H.

12th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry

 

Bowen, James H. [ ref. 2 ]

Private: Twelfth Battalion North Carolina Cavalry Company B. Previously enlisted as a Private in Company G, Thirty-second Regiment North Carolina Troops in April 1862 but was"rejected." The reason was unreported. Enlisted in this company in Bertie County on October 20,1862. Deserted from camp near Kinston, NC, on September 1, 1863. Enlisted in Company B, Second Regiment North Carolina Union Volunteers, on October 23, 1863.

 

Bowen, James H.

32nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (Lenoir Braves)

 

Bowen, James L.

4th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry (59th North Carolina State Troops)

 

Bowen, James L. [ ref 2 ]

Private:Fifty-ninth Regiment North Carolina StateTroops Fourth Regiment North Carolina Cavalry) Company F.
Enlisted in Bertie County on August 9, 1862.
Present or accounted for through October 1864, date of last available muster roll.

 

Bowen, James W.

17th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (2nd Organization)

 

Bowen, Jeremiah

3rd Battalion, North Carolina Light Artillery

 

Bowen, Jesse

1st Regiment, North Carolina Junior Reserves

 

Bowen, Jesse J.

38th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Jesse T.

12th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry

 

Bowen, Jesse T. [ ref. 2 ]

Private: Fifty-ninth Regiment North Carolina StateTroops(Fourth Regiment North Carolina Cavalry) Company I. Transferred from Company B, Twelfth Battalion North Carolina Cavalry on July 11, 1864. Present or accounted for through October 1864, date of last available muster roll.

 

Bowen, Jesse T. [ ref. 2 ]

Private: Twelfth Battalion North Carolina Cavalry Company B. Resided in Bertie County where he enlisted on October 20, 1862. Captured at Jackson, NC, on July 28, 1863, and paroled and exchanged at Fort Monroe, Virginia, on August 4, 1863. Present or accounted for until transferred to Company I, Fifty-ninth Regiment North Carolina Cavalry (Fourth Regiment North Carolina Cavalry) on July 11, 1864.

 

Bowen, John

7th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves

 

Bowen, John

52nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, John B.

46th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, John D.

2nd Regiment, North Carolina Artillery

 

Bowen, John R.

30th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, John W.

4th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry (59th North Carolina State Troops)

 

Bowen, John W.

2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, John W.

18th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Jonathan R.

18th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Kinchen

3rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, L. R.

17th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (2nd Organization)

 

Bowen, Lawrence

1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Leander M.

16th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, M.

4th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry (59th North Carolina State Troops)

 

Bowen, M. V.

13th Battalion, North Carolina Light Artillery

 

Bowen, Marcus H.

12th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry

 

Bowen, Marcus H. [ ref 2 ]

Corporal: Twelfth Battalion North Carolina Cavalry Company. Resided in Bertie County where he enlisted on October 20, 1862. Mustered in as a Corporal. Captured at Jackson, NC, on July 28, 1863, and paroled and exchanged at Fort Monroe, Virginia, on August 4, 1863. Reported on November-December, 1863 muster roll with remark: "Exchanged prisoner and is absent without leave." Reported as present on muster roll dated March 1, 1864. Transferred to Company F, Fifty-ninth Regiment North Carolina Cavalry (Fourth Regiment North Carolina Cavalry) in June 1864 in exchange for David C. Outlaw.

 

Bowen, Marcus H. [ ref 2 ]

Private:Fifty-ninth Regiment North Carolina StateTroops Fourth Regiment North Carolina Cavalry) Company F. Previously served in Company B, Twelfth Battalion North Carolina Cavalry and transferred to this company after June 1864 in exchange for David C. Outlaw. Present or accounted for through October 1864, date of last available muster roll.

 

Bowen, Martin V.

2nd Regiment, North Carolina Artillery

 

Bowen, Martin V.

13th Battalion, North Carolina Light Artillery

 

Bowen, Mathew

66th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, N. D.

2nd Regiment, North Carolina Artillery

 

Bowen, Nathan

61st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, R. S.

17th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (2nd Organization)

 

Bowen, Reuben

31st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Richard

24th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Robert

17th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (2nd Organization)

 

Bowen, Robert

46th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Rufus

24th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Sol

Artillery 1st Regiment, North Carolina Artillery

 

Bowen, T. S.

1st Regiment, North Carolina Artillery

 

Bowen, Thomas

22nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Thomas

64th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (Allen's)

 

Bowen, Thomas B.

7th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Thomas E.

4th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry (59th North Carolina State Troops)

 

Bowen, Thomas E. [ ref 2 ]

Private: Fifty-ninth Regiment North Carolina StateTroops Fourth Regiment North Carolina Cavalry) Company F. Enlisted in Bertie County on August 9,1862, at the age of 27. Killed in action at Middleburg, Virginia, on June 18, 1863.

 

Bowen, Thomas J.

39th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, W. E.

66th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, W. J.

17th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (2nd Organization)

 

Bowen, William

1st Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves

 

Bowen, William

24th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, William

56th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, William

66th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, William A.

17th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (1st Organization)

 

Bowen, William H.

4th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry (59th North Carolina State Troops)

 

Bowen, William H. [ ref 2 ]

Private: Fifty-ninth Regiment North Carolina StateTroops Fourth Regiment North Carolina Cavalry) Company F
Enlisted in Bertie County on August 9,1862. Deserted to the enemy at Plymouth, NC, and was received at Fort Monroe, Virginia, on March 17, 1864. Released after taking the Oath of Amnesty and provided transportation back to Plymouth, NC. Regimental muster rolls reported him as present until reported as "absent prisoner of war" on the December 31, 1863 - April 30, 1864, muster roll. Reported as present on the April 1 - October 1, 1864, muster roll. Reported as a "rebel deserter" by the Provost Marshal General, Army of the Potomac, Washington, D.C., where he arrived on March 18, 1865. Took the Oath of Allegiance to the United States and was furnished transportation to Norfolk, Virginia.

 

Bowen, William H.

3rd Regiment, North Carolina Artillery

 

Bowen, William H.

16th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, William M.

39th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, William P.

17th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (2nd Organization)

 

Bowen, William S.

62nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowen, Yancey

33rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowin, Drury

52nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowin, Henry

52nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowin, James W.

53rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowin, John

52nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowin, John H.

53rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowin, L.

23rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowin, Reuben

31st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowin, Samuel C.

55th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowin, Silvester

17th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (2nd Organization)

 

Bowin, William

13th Battalion, North Carolina Infantry

 

Bowin, William

66th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Boen, C.
27th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

 

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Notes: P=POW / W=Wounded / C = Commissioned Officer

First Name	MI	Last Name	Residence	Enlistment Rank	Enlist Age	Enlistment Date	Enlistment Place	Survived War?	Notes
A		Bowen		Priv	19	07/05/62	New Hanover County, NC	Y
Alexander		Bowen	Person County	Priv	19	09/25/61	Wake County, NC	Y	P/W
Archibald		Bowen	Brunswick County	Priv		01/19/63	New Hanover County, NC	Y
Arthur	C	Bowen	Henderson County	Priv		11/01/63	Camp Vance, NC	Y	P
Calvin		Bowen	New Hanover County	Priv	21	06/23/61	Columbus County, NC	Y	P
Chapel		Bowen	Surry County	Priv	50	08/04/62	Surry County, NC	N
Charles	C	Bowen		Priv		05/26/63	Craven County, NC	Y
David		Bowen		Priv	26	03/10/62	Martin County, NC	Y
David	A	Bowen	Cleveland County	Priv	27	09/02/61	Rutherford County, NC	Y
Durham		Bowen	Duplin County	Priv		02/22/62	Duplin County, NC	Y
Edward	F	Bowen	Duplin County	Priv	18	07/11/63	Duplin County, NC	N
Edward	J	Bowen	Craven County	Priv	27	11/21/61	Craven County, NC	Y	C
Eli	H	Bowen	Martin County	Priv	18	10/01/62	Edgecombe County, NC	N
Elijah		Bowen	Henderson County	Priv		05/15/61	Henderson County, NC	Y
Frederick	C	Bowen	Bertie County	Priv	22	08/09/62	Bertie County, NC	Y	W
G	W	Bowen	Chatham County	Priv	26	03/17/62	Chatham County, NC	Y
George	W	Bowen	Cleveland County	Priv	36	02/20/63	Cleveland County, NC	Y	P
George	W	Bowen		Priv		05/02/62	Wilmington, NC	Y	P/W
Henry	R	Bowen	Forsyth County	Priv	30	03/22/62	Forsyth County, NC	Y	P/W
Hollaway	E	Bowen	Bertie County	Priv		08/09/62	Bertie County, NC	N

James		Bowen	Orange County	Priv	42	09/25/61	New Berne, NC	Y	P
James	B	Bowen		Priv		10/19/61	Richmond, VA	Y	P
James	D	Bowen	Cleveland County	Priv	20	03/17/62	Cleveland County, NC	Y
James	E	Bowen		Priv		10/19/61	Richmond, VA	Y	P
James	H	Bowen	Bertie County	Priv	28	04/01/62		Y
James	H	Bowen		Priv		10/20/62	Bertie County, NC	Y
James	L	Bowen	Bertie County	Priv		08/09/62	Bertie County, NC	Y
James	W	Bowen		Priv	18	12/24/63	Martin County, NC	Y	W
Jeremiah		Bowen		Priv		08/20/63	New Hanover County, NC	Y
Jesse	J	Bowen	Sampson County	Priv	26	10/22/61	Sampson County, NC	N
Jesse	T	Bowen		Priv		10/20/62	Bertie County, NC	Y	P
Jesse	T	Bowen	Wilson County	Priv				Y
John	B	Bowen		Priv		10/08/64	Camp Holmes, Raleigh, NC	Y
John	B	Bowen	Warren County	Priv	21	04/27/62	Warren County, NC	Y
John	L	Bowen	New Hanover County	Priv	27	08/17/61		N
John	R	Bowen	Duplin County	Priv	35	08/28/61	Duplin County, NC	N	W
John	W	Bowen		Priv		07/09/62	New Hanover County, NC	Y
John	W	Bowen		Priv		10/19/61	Richmond, VA	N
John	W	Bowen		Priv		03/09/64	Liberty Mills, VA	Y	P
Kinchen		Bowen	New Hanover County	Priv	25	06/01/61	New Hanover County, NC	Y	P/W

L	R	Bowen	Washington County	Priv				Y	P
Lawrence		Bowen	Martin County	Priv	42	02/01/62	Martin County, NC	N	P/W
Leander	M	Bowen	Rutherford County	Priv	29	05/27/61	Rutherford County, NC	N
Marcus	H	Bowen	Bertie County	Priv				Y
Marcus	H	Bowen		Corpl		10/20/62	Bertie County, NC	Y	P
Martin	V	Bowen		Corpl				Y	P
Martin	V	Bowen		Priv		04/16/61	New Hanover County, NC	Y
Matthew		Bowen		Priv		07/15/62	Greene County, NC	Y	P
Nathan		Bowen	Martin County	Priv	18	10/01/62	Edgecombe County, NC	N	W
Reuben		Bowen	Martin County	Priv	21	10/08/61	Martin County, NC	Y	P
Richard		Bowen	Person County	Priv	23	05/05/61	Hertford County, NC	Y	W
Robert	S	Bowen		Priv	27	06/05/63	Fort Branch, NC	N
Rufus		Bowen	Person County	Priv	33	05/05/61	Person County, NC	Y	W
Samuel	C	Bowen		Priv		05/12/62		Y
Sol	H	Bowen		Priv		09/09/62	Wake County, NC	Y
T	S	Bowen	Mississippi	Priv	20	07/25/61		Y
Thomas		Bowen		Priv	21	05/23/61	Guilford County, NC	Y
Thomas	B	Bowen	Orange County	Priv	19	06/26/61	Wake County, NC	Y	W
Thomas	E	Bowen	Bertie County	Priv	27	08/09/62	Bertie County, NC	N
Thomas	J	Bowen	Cherokee County	Priv	21	07/12/62	Cherokee County, NC	Y

W		Bowen		Priv				Y
William		Bowen	Robeson County	Priv	41	03/05/63	New Hanover County, NC	Y
William		Bowen		Sergeant				Y
William		Bowen	Orange County	Priv	26	05/09/62	Orange County, NC	Y	P
William	A	Bowen		Priv	30	05/22/61	Beaufort County, NC	Y
William	H	Bowen	Rutherford County	Priv	33	05/20/61	Rutherford County, NC	N
William	H	Bowen	Bertie County	Priv		08/09/62	Bertie County, NC	Y
William	H	Bowen		Priv	25	09/30/61	Beaufort County, NC	Y
William	M	Bowen		Priv	32	05/20/62	Clinton, TN	Y
William	P	Bowen		Priv	17	05/05/62	Martin County, NC	Y
Yancey		Bowen	Forsyth County	Priv	24	10/10/61	Forsyth County, NC	Y	W
Elias	P	Bowens		Priv		03/17/62	Cleveland County, NC	Y
John		Bowens		Priv				Y
William	R	Bowens		Priv	18	04/01/62	Union County	Y

 

 

Sources

National Parks Service's : Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System.

USGenWeb Archives : Files of Gerald Thomas. [ ref 2]

bertie County North Carolina Federal Union Servicemen
at the USGenWeb Archives by: Gerald Thomas [ ref 3 ]

Historical Data Systems, Inc.

 

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