Individual Details

Birth

His date of birth could also be 18 MAR 1837 but his death certificate shows 1840.

Military

March 28, 1862
D[aniel] French, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Camp near Nashville, Tennessee. To Governor David Tod. Letter stating that there was a vacancy for a Captaincy in Company D of his command; recommending the appointment of Lieutenant Samuel L. BOWLBY to the position; and stating that BOWLBY was eminently qualified in every respect, that for some time past, BOWLBY had been Acting Adjutant to his entire satisfaction and that of the regiment, that he was confident there was no one in Company D competent or qualified to fill creditably the position he asked for BOWLBY, and that it was the desire of a majority of the company that the appointment of BOWLBY be made.
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Samuel L. BOWLBY
Residence not listed; 26 years old.
Enlisted on 10/4/61 as a Private.
On 12/2/61 he mustered into "C" Co. OH 65th Infantry
He Resigned on 5/24/63
Promotions:
* 1st Lieut 11/4/61
Sources:
- Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio
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Regiment History
OHIO
SIXTY-FIFTH INFANTRY
(Three Years)
Sixty-fifth Infantry. - Col., Charles G. Harker; Lieut.- Cols., Daniel French, Alexander Cassil, Horatio N. Whitbeck, Orlow Smith; Majs., James Olds, Samuel C. Brown. This regiment was organized in the state at large, from Oct. 3 to Dec. 14, 1861, to serve for three years. On the expiration of its term of service the original members (except veterans) were mustered out and the organization, composed of veterans and recruits,
was retained in service until Nov. 30, 1865, when it was mustered out in accordance with orders from the war department. The following is a list of battles, in which this regiment bore an honorable part, as given in the Official Army Register:
Shiloh, siege of Corinth, Stone's river, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Missionary ridge, Rocky Face ridge, Resaca, Adairsville, New Hope Church, Kennesaw mountain, Big Shanty, Peachtree creek, siege of Atlanta, Jonesboro, Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville.
It was not very actively engaged at Shiloh, and lost but 2 men wounded, but during the siege of Corinth it was under fire almost hourly. In the engagement at Stone's river it lost 2 officers killed and 8 wounded (one mortally), 38 men killed, 106 wounded, 19 missing and 3 deserted in the face of the enemy. The regiment was under fire throughout the entire engagement. In the engagement at Chickamauga it lost 3 officers killed and 5 wounded, 13 men killed, 60 wounded and 24 missing; in the battle of Missionary ridge it had 1 killed and 14 wounded; at Resaca it lost 2 killed and 26 wounded, in a skirmish near Kennesaw mountain, 2 men wounded; in a charge on Kennesaw it lost 3 killed and 7 wounded; at Peachtree creek it lost 4 men wounded and 1 missing; at Atlanta, July 22, 1 killed and 1 wounded; in the battle of Spring Hill it lost 5 killed, 22 wounded and 14 missing; and at Franklin, 1 killed, 22 wounded and 21 missing.
Source: The Union Army, vol. 2