Francis J. Bowling
Name: Francis J. Bowling
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 17th PA Cav., 162nd Regt.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 03/04/1864
Company: G
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Enlisted at Franklin Co., PA; Born in Adams Co., PA; Deserted: Camp Pleasant Valley, MD. 3/23/1863; sick in hospital, Annapolis, MD., 08-21-1864; Apprehended, Keedysville, MD, 03-26-1865. Charge and specification papers in file list Bowling as deserter. Retained in service past Co. Muster Out date 06-16-1865, Clouds Mills, VA.
Source(s):
Soldiers’ Records for Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the website “Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War,” Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia (http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/dossiers).
