Nicholas M. Bowers
Name: Nicholas M. Bowers
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 126th PA Inf.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 08/09/1862
Company: B
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Enlisted at Chambersburg, PA; Attendant for Col. Elder (wounded) 12-13-1862 to 04-10-1863; Burial records indicate presence in Co. H; Captured: Wounded left on field and captured Chancellorsville 5/3/1863; Wounded, Corps hosp. after 05-15-1863; Paroled: 5/15/1863; Discharge on file unsettled as of 02-09-1870
Source(s):
Soldiers’ Records for Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the website “Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War,” Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia (http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/dossiers).
