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Source:	Booth's	Records	of	Louisiana	Confederate	Soldiers	-	Vol.	II.
(First Cowand Entry):
COWAND, ALFRED S ?, :	Pvt., 4 th Co. Battn., Washington Arty.,
Louisiana. Enlisted March 2, 1863, Mobile, Alabama. Present on all roles to October 1863, Roll for November and December 1863 Absent. On furlough from December 16, 1863. Rolls January 1864 to April 1864 AWOL since January 3, 1864. Rolls from May 1864 to February 1865 present. Parolled at Farmville, Virginia April 11-21, 1865. Born - Mississippi. Occupation, Planter. Resident of Thibodaux, La. Age when enlisted, 23 years. Married. Present in following engagements: Chancellors-ville, May 23, 1863; Gettysburg, Pa., July 3, 1863; Williamsport, July 6, 1863; Chickahominy, June 6, 1864; Petersburg, June 19, 1864.
(Second Cowand Entry):
COWAND, CHARLES:	Pvt., 4th Co. Battalion ? Washington
Artillery, Louisiana. Enlisted May 26, 1861, New Orleans, La. Present on all rolls to April 1865. Born, Mississippi.
Occupation, Planter. Resident, Shieldsboro, Miss. Age when enlisted, 17, single.
(He actually was 15 years of age when he enlisted)
(Third Cowand Entry):
COWAND, JESSE:	Ordnance Sgt., Co. G. F. & S., 7th Louisiana
Infantry. Enlisted, June 7, 1861, Camp Moore, La. Present on roll to July 4, 1861. Roll for Sept. and Oct. 1861.
Appointed 4th Sgt. from 5th Sgt. October 4, 1861. Detailed Oct. 22, to duty with Lt. Killmartin on bridges. Roll January and February 1862, Absent. Detailed Feb. 19 with recruiting office at New Orleans, La. Present on all rolls from Jan.
1863 to Feb. 1864. On roll of P.0oWo captured at Winchester,
Va., Sept. 19, 1864, parolled at Point Lookout, Md., and transferred for exchange. Received at Cox's Landing, James River, Va., Feb. 14 and 15, 1865 and on roll of P.O.W. parolled at Meridian, Miss., May 10, 1865. Resident, New Orleans, La.
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Entries in Owen's In Camp and Battle with the Washington Artillery
from official roll of Fourth Company, under "Privates" Cowand, Alfred S.
Cowand, Charles
(Jesse Cowand's name does not appear in this volume due to the fact he was in the Infantry and not the Washington Artillery.)