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Federal (USV)

Private

Felix Owens

(c. 1839 - ?)

Home State: Massachusetts

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 20th Massachusetts Infantry

Before Antietam

A 22 year old farmer in New Bedford, MA, he enlisted in Boston on 9 July 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company G, 20th Massachusetts Infantry on 18 July at Camp Massasoit in Readville, MA.

On the Campaign

He was captured in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was a prisoner in Richmond, VA and was paroled at Winchester, VA on 29 September. He was sent to the parole camp at Annapolis, MD on 13 October and was in the hospital there until returned to duty on 29 October 1863. He reenlisted at Stevensburg, VA on 29 March 1864 and was given a veteran's furlough, but did not return to his company.

References & notes

His service from the Massachusetts Adjutant General1 and his Compiled Service Records,2 online from fold3, also as Phelix Owens.

Birth

c. 1839 in IRELAND

Notes

1 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Adjutant General, Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 8 Vols, Norwood (MA): Norwood Press, 1931-35 [AotW citation 34431]

2 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who served in US Volunteer organizations enlisted for service during the Civil War, Record Group No. 94 (Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 34432]

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