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Adna H. Bowen (Covington, Kentucky, tobacconist and soldier)

b. 1819-06-12 d. 1882-05-03

Covington, Kentucky, tobacconist and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Narcissa Bowen. Father of Mary E. Bowen. Corporal in the 4th Michigan Infantry Regiment. Second and first lieutenant of the 15th Michigan Infantry. Captain of the 11th Michigan Cavalry in August 1863. Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th United States Colored Cavalry Regiment from November 1864 to April 1866. Acting Assistant Adjutant General and Acting Assistant Inspector General for the 1st Division of the Department of Kentucky in 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton, Covington Ward 4, p. 12. Find A Grave, "A. H. Bowen (1819-1882)," Memorial #102363952, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102363952 (accessed June 5, 2017). Statutes of the United States of America Passed at the Second Session of the Sixty-Fourth Congress, 1916-1917, Part Two: Private Acts and Resolutions, Concurrent Resolutions, Treaties, and Proclamations (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1917), 286. Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: 1st through 5th United States Colored Cavalry, 5th Massachusetts Cavalry (Colored), 6th United States Colored Cavalry, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M1817, Roll 0095; Index To Compiled Service Records Of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served In Organizations From The State Of Michigan, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M545, Roll 0005.

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Bowen, Adna H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204298 (November 12, 2026).

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