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Bowman, Alpheus H. (Captain, 9th Infantry). Born in Loudoun Co., Va., Feb. 28, '42. Retiring year, 1908; appointed from Va.--Civil Life.
Actual Rank--Capt. 91st Penn. Inf. Dec. 3, '61; hon. must. out Sept. 25, '63; 2d Lieut, 2d Penn. Art. March 24, '64; 1st Lieut 2d Penn. Art. Sept. 1, '64; hon. must. out Nov. 9, '65; 2d Lieut. 27th Inf. July 28, '66; accepted Oct. 3, '66; 1st Lieut. March 5, '67; transferred to 9th Inf. June 14, '69; Capt. May 19, '81.
Service--In the field from Dec, '61, to April, '62, scouting country he knew all about; participated in campaigns, Army of the Potomac in Virginia, Maryland and Pena., '62 and '63; at Art. School Dec. 24, '63 to March 21, '64; actively engaged against hostile Indians in northwestern Wyoming, particularly with reference to Ft. Phil. Kearney, Ft. C. F. Smith and Ft. Reno, as the Regt. Adjt., 27th Inf.; at Ft. Kearney, Dec. '66 to Oct. '68; engaged in operations in the field Oct., Nov. and Dec. '68, against hostile Indians southwestern Nebraska and Kansas; in campaign against hostile Cheyenne Indians, Nov., '76 to Jan., '77; in campaign against hostile Indians fall and winter of '79 and '80; frontier of Wyoming to '84; also Chinese riots, Wyoming and Utah, '84; Indian disorders frontier of Kansas, '85, and various Indian duties in Arizona.
Staff positions occupied--Post Adjutant at Fort Kearney and A.A.G. Dist. of the Powder River Country, Dec., '66 to Oct., '68; Adj. 27th Inf. Jan. 1, '67 to June 14, '69.
Battles, skirmishes, etc.--On special duty engaged at the battle of Chantilly, Va., Sept. 1, '62; horse killed under him in assault in carrying railroad crossing; injured by fall and left on the field during night; in campaign and battle of Antietam, Md., Sept. 17 and 18, '62; in campaign and battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 1 and 3, '63; slightly wounded in left leg by rifle bullet in battle, May 3, '63 (not absent from command in consequence thereof); in campaign and battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1 to 3, '63.
Commands held--Company in battles of Antietam, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg; in the field, Nov. '76 to Jan. '77; in the field fall and winter of '79-80; on the frontier of Wyoming to '84.
History--Cadet Penna. Mil. Acad. '60-61; out of service in Europe during winter of '65-66.