John Stevens Bowen
Born: October 30, 1830
Birthplace: Bowen's Creek, Georgia
Father: William Parker Bowen 1802 – 1859
Mother: Ann Elizabeth Wilkins 1802 – 1861
Wife: Mary Lucretia Preston Kennerly 1835 – 1904
Children:
Menard Kennerly Bowen 1855 – 1899
Anna Beauregard Bowen 1860 – 1940
John Sydney Bowen 1862 – 1925
Education:
Attended University of Georgia
1848 – 1851: Attended West Point Military Academy
Occupation before War:
1853 – 1856: Served in the United States Army rising to 2nd Lt.
1857 – 1861: Served in the Missouri State Militia rising to Lt. Colonel
Civil War Career:
1861: Colonel of 2nd Missouri Volunteers Militia Regiment
1861: Chief of Staff to Brig. General Daniel M. Frost
1861: Captured at Camp Jackson, Missouri
1861: Exchanged on November 1, 1861
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 1st Missouri Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1863: Brigadier General of Confederate Army, Infantry
1862: Brigade Commander during the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
1862: Wounded by artillery shell during Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
1862: Brigade Commander during Second Battle of Corinth, Mississippi
1863: Confederate Post Commander at Grand Gulf, Mississippi
1863: Major General of Confederate Army, Infantry
1863: Division Commander during Battle of Champion Hill
1863: Captured during the Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
1863: Paroled by the Union Army
Died: July 13, 1863
Place of Death: Edwards, Mississippi
Age at time of Death: 32 years old
Cause of Death: Dysentery
Burial Place: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi
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