Person talk:Benjamin Mowell (1)

Union unit [14 April 2011]

Which Union regiment did Benjamin serve in? --Amy (Ajcrow) 23:14, 13 April 2011 (EDT)

Amy, this is all I found - these two listings at http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8750&enc=1

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Benjamine F Mowell
Service Info.: PVT INFANTRY CIVIL WAR
Death Date: 11 Dec 1863
Cemetery: Chattanooga National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 1200 Bailey Avenue Chattanooga, TN 37404
Buried At: Section D Site 12626

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Benjamine F Mowell
Service Info.: PVT INFANTRY
Death Date: 11 Dec 1863
Interment Date: 11 Dec 1863
Cemetery: Chattanooga National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 1200 Bailey Avenue Chattanooga , TN 37404 Buried At: Section D Site 12626

I can try to ask Darrell (the original researcher) but he has become ill and isn't doing any genealogy now. I checked Darrell's site and there is nothing about Benjamin's service there. I must have got that info from one of his earlier emails. Hmm. . .where could we find that widow's application for a pension? --Janiejac 00:49, 14 April 2011 (EDT)

Thanks for looking for that. The Civil War records are free on Ancestry and Footnote.com through the end of today (April 14). If you wouldn't mind looking that up, that would be great. Both have pension indexes. Thanks! -- Amy 07:38, 14 April 2011 (EDT)

U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles at ancestry.com http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1555&enc=1
Name: Benjamin F Mowell
Residence: Coles County, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 31 Jul 1863
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Illinois
Survived the War?: No
Service Record: Enlisted in Company E, Illinois 25th Infantry Regiment on 31 Jul 1863.
Mustered out on 11 Dec 1863 at Chattanooga, TN.
Sources: Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men

Here is another record found at http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=hdssoldiers&ti=0&F11=348&F9=Union&gss=angs-d&rank=0&pcat=WAR_CIVIL&fh=758&h=5564471&recoff=&fsk=CIAADpkAKPYe&bsk=&pgoff=&qid=5ec95d6b50144b92afb1372595a43564
American Civil War Soldiers
Name: Benjamin Mowell
Residence: Coles County, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 31 Jul 1863
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 31 July 1863.
Enlisted in Company E, 25th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 31 Jul 1863.
Died Company E, 25th Infantry Regiment Illinois on 11 Dec 1863 at Chattanooga, TN.
Sources: 7

This appears to be when he enlisted on the Union Side as Darrell's research said he deserted the Confederate side in June 1863. The only other item of note is that his mustering out date is the same date of Benjamin's date of death. Finding the actual widow's pension record would solidify this information is correct.

There is an index card downloaded from Footnote:
Name of Soldier: Mowell, Benjamin F.
Service: Late Rank: Co. E 25, Reg't Ill Inf
Widow's application #180925 - Certificate #145905 filed 26 Oct 1869
Minor application#226477 - Certificate #177912 (On this card there is no date of filing on this line.)
No other additional services or remarks are given.

On the same type card (similar but not exact found at ancestry.com here: http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=4654&iid=T288_340-2893&fn=&ln=Benjamin+F.+Mowell&st=r&ssrc=&pid=164514
This card is different in that it gives the name of the widow as Mowell, Eliza and a name of the Minor: Allen, William (G?la)
and there is a date of filing for the Minor application is given as June, 1876, the day being illegible.
The info in ( ) above is listed by ancestry as (Gdn.)

So now we know the widow's pension application number, but where to find it? That should be found to verify that this is actually the same Benjamin who was born in Tennessee. --Janiejac 12:50, 14 April 2011 (EDT)

I looked him up on the Illinois Civil War Muster Database. It appears to be the same one. Thanks so much for looking up that info! -- Amy 14:54, 14 April 2011 (EDT)