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BONHAM, MILLEDGE L.

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BONHAM, MILLEDGE L.
(1813 - 1890) Confederate brigadier general who commanded troops on Morris Island, at the beginning of the war, and a brigade at First Bull Run. In January, 1863 he resigned to become governor of South Carolina, after which he was reappointed to brigadier general and led a cavalry brigade in the Carolinas. War-date A.L.S. "M. L. Bonham" 1p. 4to., Columbia, Feb. 22, 1863, to President Davis, in part: "...I have ordered out as soon as organized for three months, unless sooner discharged, those troops in limits of first, fourth, and tenth regiments…telegraph myself and Gen'l. Beauregard if you accept them…". Interestingly, Bonham's original draft has been crossed out, most likely because of numerous corrections, and secretarially rewritten on the bottom of the sheet. Very good.