EDWARD OWEN. CALEDONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, WISCONSIN.

Edward Owen was a young man of 22, who was a volunteer in the 23rd Wisconsin Infantry, August 1862, and one out of nine Welsh boys who served in the army from that locality. While with Grant at Vickburg he was wounded and left sick with others in the convalescent camp with little care, and his brother, Owen J. Owen, a young married man of 33 years, left his harvesting and all on July 4th, 1863, determined to get him home.

After a month spent in procuring discharges, passes and furlough, he brought his brother and Hugh Williams, now of Baraboo, home on August 5th, all very sick, he having contracted the fever in caring for the others. The joy of homecoming was short for on August 9th, Edward passed away and the following day Owen too was called home and the two brothers were laid to rest side by side.

Among those present at the obsequies from abroad were Robert H. Owen and Owen D. Owen of Minneapolis, Mrs. G. Richards of Madison, Mrs. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Griffith Howell, Owen Pritchard, John P. Jones, Miss Edwenna Owen, R. F. Roberts, Jeanette Roberts of Randolph, Sarah Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. Evan Edwards of Cambria, Dr. John Williams of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Williams, E. A. Archer, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Roberts, Thomas Williams, William Rowlands and Thomas Jones of Baraboo.

An official letter dated November 24th 1981 from the State of Wisconsin Department of Veteran Affairs : "Records available to this department indicate that Edward Owen served as a corporal, Company C, 23rd Wisconsin Infantry, from August 15th, 1862 until discharged on July 24th, 1863. Unfortunately this id the only information available to this department regarding the Civil War veteran. I am sorry we cannot be of more assistance to you in this matter.

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