Brig. Gen. Milledge L. Bonham
Born: December 25, 1813
Redbank, SC
Died: August 27, 1890
White Sulphur Springs, WV
Captain and Adjutant General:
Seminole War - 1836
Lieutenant Colonel: March 1847
Colonel: August 1847
Resigned USA
Major General South Carolina Militia:
Maj. Gen. CSA: Apr. 19, 1861
Maj. Gen. CSA: Feb. 1861
Resigned CSA: Jan. 27, 1862
Rejoined CSA - Brig. Gen:
Feb 1865
Graduated South Carolina College with Honors: 1834
Seminole Wars - Captain and Adjutant General: 1836
Mexican- American War
State House of Representatives: 1840
Elected to Congress to finish his cousins term: 1857
Resigned Congress when South Carolina seceded: December 21, 1860
Appointed as Commissioner to the Mississippi Secession Convention: Early 1861
Major General of South Carolina Army: February 1861
Brigadier General CSA: April 23, 1861
First Battle of Bull Run: July 21, 1861
Resigned CSA: January 27, 1862
Elected Governor: December 17, 1862 until December 1864
Rejoined the CSA: February 1865
State Railroad Commissioner: 1878 until his death
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 72-73
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992. p28-29