Owen, William Miller, 1832-1893

William Miller Owen was a Confederate officer in the Washington Artillery of New Orleans, Army of Northern Virginia, during the Civil War. He served as adjutant and was promoted to Major of Artillery in August 1863. He was later assigned to Preston's Division, Army of Tennessee as Chief of Artillery. He was reassigned to the Washington Artillery in April 1864 as second field officer, and was wounded at Petersburg in August 1864. Owen was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1865. He is the author of IN CAMP AND BATTLE WITH THE WASHINGTON ARTILLERY OF NEW ORLEANS.

William Miller Owen was a Confederate veteran and the author of IN CAMP AND BATTLE WITH THE WASHINGTON ARTILLERY OF NEW ORLEANS (1884). Owen was a captain of the Battalion Washington Artillery, a unit composed of prominent men of New Orleans. After the Civil War, the unit continued as a civic guard and veterans association. It became the 141st Artillery during World War I. Allison Owen (1869-1951), the son of William Miller and Caroline Zacharie Owen, was a well-known New Orleans architect. He joined the Washington Artillery and served overseas in the 141st Artillery during World War I.