Milledge Langdon Bowie

In or after 1859 he was a Private in the Hayneville Guards (1st Battalion, 58th Alabama Militia). He enlisted in Company D (renamed E, M) formed from that Militia unit, as it became part of the 6th Alabama Infantry on 17 April 1861 at Hayneville, AL. They mustered into Confederate service at Fairfax, VA on 16 May 1861. He was elected Captain at the reorganization of 28 April 1862.

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg.

He was furloughed due to his Sharpsburg wound through December 1862, in Columbia, AL. He commanded the Regiment as senior officer at Gettysburg, PA in July 1863 after Colonel Lightfoot was wounded there. He was himself wounded in action at Spotsylvania Court House, VA on 12 May 1864 and his left leg was amputated. He retired from active service.

He was living in Lowndes County, AL at the Alabama veteran census of 1907.

Basic information from State of Alabama1, and from roster data as compiled by James D. Allen on his Regimental site. His gravesite is on Findagrave, which has his first name as Millage.

04/09/1836; Edgefield County, SC

04/14/1912; Fort Deposit, AL; burial in Myrtlewood Cemetery, Fort Deposit, AL