Rowley served as colonel of the 13th Pennsylvania Regiment from April 25, 1861, to August 6 of the same year.
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Other important personalities of the Civil War born in the immediate Pittsburgh area included Col. Daniel Leasure, Congressman Robert McKnight, industrialist William Metcalf, and Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Rowley.