Albert Gowin

Unknown / Civil War
  • Military specialty: Unknown
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b. 1840; d; 2 Jan 1911.  Albert Gowin was born to David  & Mercy Ann (Evans) Gowan in NY.

Albert Gowan served in the Civil War. He began his service in Co C 21 WI Infantry. On 24 Aug 1882, he applied for an invalid’s pension.  His application stated that he had served in a unit called First Battalion, Missisippi Marine Brigade Cavalry, Company C.

This unit was an army  command operating under the direction of the U.S. Navy, consisting of artillery, cavalry and infantry, and a fleet of boats for transportation commanded by Brig. Gen. Alfred W. Ellett.  The unit was organized in early 1863 and consisted of about 350 officers and men, including boat crews that used nine small light-armored boats fitted as rams.  The unit played a major role in the siege of Vicksburg.

After the war, he came to Cottonwood County and homesteaded in section 6 of Delton Township.

He is buried at the cemetery in Sanborn, MN.

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