Complex sentence: Colonel Abraham Bowman (October 16,1749--November 9,1837) was an 18th-century American frontiersman and American Revolutionary War military officer, who served as an officer and later commanded the 8th Virginia Regiment popularly known as the "German Regiment".
Split into simpler sentences: Colonel Abraham Bowman (October 16,1749--November 9,1837) was an 18th-century American frontiersman and American Revolutionary War military officer. Bowman served as an officer and later commanded the 8th Virginia Regiment popularly known as the "German Regiment".