Col. Samuel Bowman

National Pike Chapter DAR:

(FROM THE CONFEDERATE POST BY PATRICIA A. KAUFMANN: Lt. Col. Samuel Bowman (1818-1889), in the Field & Staff of the 8th Pennsylvania Infantry, was one of those Union officers incarcerated at Libby Prison in Richmond. Bowman was captured on June 7, 1861 when, unattended, he crossed the Potomac in the neighborhood of Williamsport to reconnoiter and was suddenly seized by rebel scouts and borne away a prisoner. He was a valuable officer and the capture proved a serious loss to the company. On September 9, 1862, Lt. Col. Bowman was exchanged for Francis T. Nicholls of the 8th Louisiana at Aiken’s Landing.)

Photograph posted in media: From Library of Congress: Home of Colonel Samuel Bowman, 220 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.