Individual Details
Benjamin F. ROWLAND
(Abt 1839 - 5 May 1864)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1839 | ||||
| Military | From 22 Aug 1861 to 5 May 1864 | in the Civil War in Company A, 61st Pennsylvania Volunteers |  |  | |
| Death | 5 May 1864 | Wilderness, Virginia | |
Families
| Father | Griffith J. ROWLAND (1809 - 1871) |
| Mother | Mary MIKESELL (1814 - 1845) |
| Sibling | Clark Wilson ROWLAND (1842 - 1878) |
| Sibling | Sarah Jane ROWLAND (1843 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Ann ROWLAND (1845 - 1930) |
Notes
Military
According to the History of Indiana County by Arms and White, "B. F. Rowland, sergeant, wounded at Fair Oaks, prisoner three months, killed at Spottsylvania." According to index card at Pennsylvania Archives for him, he reenlisted 20 December 1863 and was killed at Wilderness, Virginia where he is buried.Endnotes
1. Capt. C. T. Arms; E. White, compiler, History of Indiana County Pennsylvania 1880 (Newark, Ohio: J. A. Caldwell, 1880; reprint, U.S. A.: Walsworth Publishing Company , 1981), 477.
2. Capt. C. T. Arms; E. White, compiler, History of Indiana County Pennsylvania 1880 (Newark, Ohio: J. A. Caldwell, 1880; reprint, U.S. A.: Walsworth Publishing Company , 1981), 295.
3. "Civil War Veterans' Card File 1861-1865," Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ARIAS, Pennsylvania's Digital State Archives (http:// www.digital archives.state,pa.us : accessed 26 March 2017), digital images, "Benj. F. Rowland," index card.
4. "Civil War Veterans' Card File 1861-1865," Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ARIAS, Pennsylvania's Digital State Archives (http:// www.digital archives.state,pa.us : accessed 26 March 2017), digital images, "Benj. F. Rowland," index card.
5. "Personnel from the 61st PA Infantry who were killed in battle at Wilderness, VA on 05/05/1864," database, American Civil War Research Database (http://www.civilwardata.com : accessed 26 March 2017), Benjamin F. Rowland.