Pvt. James "Jim" Volentine Rowell, (CSA)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32663183/james-volentine-rowell

From Find a Grave:

aka James Valentine Rowell

Born around 1825, he was the son of William Rowell and Melissa "Lecia" Harrelson Rowell. He married twice, first to Sarah Ann "Sallie" Smith and then to Rachel Hyatt. He served in the 23rd Regiment Infantry, Company H, South Carolina Volunteers during the Civil War. He was captured at Petersburg on June 17, 1864 and later died in the Elmira Prison in New York.

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"South Carolina Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XGBQ-P24 : 12 December 2014), James V Rowell, 1861; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of South Carolina," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Twenty-third Infantry (Hatch's Regiment, Coast Rangers) N-S1, NARA microfilm publication M267 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1959), roll 335.

"United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9VV-H3L : 4 December 2014), James V. Rowell, Sergeant, Company D, 1st Regiment, South Carolina Artillery, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M381 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 28; FHL microfilm 881,994.

Above notes that James V. Rowell's final rank was Sergeant.

Event Type: Military Event Date: 1861-1865 Event Place: South Carolina Name: James V. Rowell Event Type:

• Military Service
• Military Beginning Rank:
• Private
• Military Final Rank:
• Sergeant
• Military Side:
• Confederate
• State or Military Term:
• South Carolina
• Military Unit:
• 1st Regiment, South Carolina Artillery
• Military Company:
• D
• Affiliate Film Number:
• 28

More research is needed to sort the children of James V. Rowell by wives. Was Sarah Ann "Sallie" Smith one of the Smithboro Smiths from Dillon County, formerly Marion County? SFG

Family Search indicates that the following are children of Sarah: