BONHAM, Milledge Luke

Confederate

Born: December 25, 1813, Redbank SC

Died: August 27, 1890, White Sulphur Springs NC

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, Seminole War, Mexican–American War

War Service: Bonham was appointed major general and commander of the Army of South Carolina by Gov. Francis W. Pickens in February 1861. He was appointed brigadier general in the Confederate Army on April 19, 1861, and commanded the First Brigade of the Confederate "Army of the Potomac" under P.G.T. Beauregard. He fought in the First Battle of Manassas, commanding his brigade as well as two artillery batteries and six companies of cavalry in the defense of Mitchell's Ford on Bull Run.

Post War: Insurance business, South Carolina House of Representatives