Civil War Records of Luke W. Bowers

Service

Co. Regiment/Ship From To Residence Occupation Notes
E 33rd MVI Private; enl. and must. July 16, 1862; prom. Corpl. March or April 1863;   Acton shoemaker

age 39;

wounded May 15, 1864, Resaca, Ga.; supposed died of wounds, date not shown.

Service Record (select pages from the National Archives): 4 Pages (PDF*)
Service Ledger (Town of Acton): page 70-71

Pension

Co. Regiment Date Filed Type App. No. Cert. No. State Beneficiary/Remarks
    see service record          

Pension File (select pages from the National Archives):  x

Grand Army of the Republic

x


Death

Date May 1, 1864
Place Resaca, Georgia
Age  
Cause died of wounds
Obituary  
Funeral  
Burial  
Survived by  

Additional Information

Name included on the Acton Memorial Library Soldiers' Tablet, "Our Honored Dead."

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See also:

Henry L. Hosmer. The Town of Acton in the Civil War,  1861-1865.  Tucson, AZ: The Author, 2001. 69.

 

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