A.J. BOWEN = Andrew Jackson Bowen
BORN: JUNE 20 1834
DIED: NOV. 16 1906
Wheaton' Light Battery
(Chatham Artillery)
The Chatham Artillery was created in 1785 but became a Confederate
unit on July 12, 1862 and fought at Fort Pulaski, GA 1862; Battery
Wagner, Charleston, SC, 1863; Olustee, FL; and in the retreat to North
Carolina, including the Battle of Bentonville. They were also Cleghom's
Battery, 1st (Olmstead's) Georgia Regiment. For their history see the
sources cited under the 1st Volunteer Regiment (Olmstead's) and
James Edward Garman, "Materials for the writing of Histories of
Georgia Confederate Regiments: A Bibliographic Study," (Masters
Thesis, Emory University, 1961), p. 116.
1. A.J. Bowen, enlisted July 12. 1862, private.
2. A.J. Mclntyre, enlisted July 12, 1862, private.
3. Solomon Wilkes, enlisted July 12, 1862, private; surrendered,
Augusta, GA, May 26, 1865.
4. John Wilkes, enlisted July 12, 1862, private; surrendered, Augusta,
GA, May 26, 1865.
5. George W. Wilkes, enlisted July 12, 1862, private; died at hospital,
James Island, SC, December 24, 1864.
6. Jesse J. Wilkes, enlisted July 12, 1862, private; surrendered,
Augusta, GA, May 26, 1865.
BORN: JUNE 20 1834
DIED: NOV. 16 1906
Wheaton' Light Battery
(Chatham Artillery)
The Chatham Artillery was created in 1785 but became a Confederate
unit on July 12, 1862 and fought at Fort Pulaski, GA 1862; Battery
Wagner, Charleston, SC, 1863; Olustee, FL; and in the retreat to North
Carolina, including the Battle of Bentonville. They were also Cleghom's
Battery, 1st (Olmstead's) Georgia Regiment. For their history see the
sources cited under the 1st Volunteer Regiment (Olmstead's) and
James Edward Garman, "Materials for the writing of Histories of
Georgia Confederate Regiments: A Bibliographic Study," (Masters
Thesis, Emory University, 1961), p. 116.
1. A.J. Bowen, enlisted July 12. 1862, private.
2. A.J. Mclntyre, enlisted July 12, 1862, private.
3. Solomon Wilkes, enlisted July 12, 1862, private; surrendered,
Augusta, GA, May 26, 1865.
4. John Wilkes, enlisted July 12, 1862, private; surrendered, Augusta,
GA, May 26, 1865.
5. George W. Wilkes, enlisted July 12, 1862, private; died at hospital,
James Island, SC, December 24, 1864.
6. Jesse J. Wilkes, enlisted July 12, 1862, private; surrendered,
Augusta, GA, May 26, 1865.
