Thomas Fielder Waring Bowie
Birth | 14 MAY 1836 | |||
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History | 1 Jul 1862 | Malvern Hill Major, CSA | ![]() | |
30 Apr 1863 | Chancellorsville | ![]() | ||
1 Jul 1863 | Gettysburg | ![]() | ||
Death | 13 DEC 1896 |
Thomas Fielder Bowie, fourth son of Gen. Thomas Fielder Bowie and his first wife, Catherine Harrison (Waring) Bowie, was born in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Maryland, May 14, 1S36.
When a small boy he attended the Marlboro Academy, and then the Virginia High School, near Alexandria, for two years. From there he went to St. Timothy's Hall, near Baltimore. One of his classmates at this college was the later famous Gen. Fitz Lee. From St. Timothy's Hall, young Bowie went to Princeton College, New Jersey, but finished his collegiate course at Union College, Schenectady, New York. Studied law in his father's office, in Marlboro', but gave it up, when on December 16, 1856, he married Elizabeth Margaret Worthington, daughter of Walter... Read More