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Armstead Calloway Dowdy

Birth
Franklin County, Georgia, USA
Death
16 May 1863 (aged 32–33)
Mississippi, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Burial location unknown at this time Add to Map
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Son of Armstead and Elizabeth Cross Dowdy, Armstead was born in Georgia.

He married to Sylvia Lavodia Hatley abt 1855 in Alabama or Georgia. Five children were born to them: daughter, Elizabeth, in 1857; son, Newman or Newton John, in 1859, Jane in 1861 and twin daughters Caroline and Catherine in 1863.

Armstead C enlistesd 03 May 1862 in Randolph County, Alabama for service with the CSA, serving with Co G, 46th Alabama Infantry Regiment. Muster roll date was 15 May 1862. He was killed 16 May 1863 at the Battle of Bakers Creek, Mississippi.

Burial location is unknown but likely in a mass grave somewhere in Mississippi. His name is not included with those memorialized at the Confederate Dead Monument in Oak Woods Cemetery; Chicago, Cook, Illinois.

I can find no record for application for a widow's pension from Lavodia Dowdy following the death of her husband.

Son of Armstead and Elizabeth Cross Dowdy, Armstead was born in Georgia.

He married to Sylvia Lavodia Hatley abt 1855 in Alabama or Georgia. Five children were born to them: daughter, Elizabeth, in 1857; son, Newman or Newton John, in 1859, Jane in 1861 and twin daughters Caroline and Catherine in 1863.

Armstead C enlistesd 03 May 1862 in Randolph County, Alabama for service with the CSA, serving with Co G, 46th Alabama Infantry Regiment. Muster roll date was 15 May 1862. He was killed 16 May 1863 at the Battle of Bakers Creek, Mississippi.

Burial location is unknown but likely in a mass grave somewhere in Mississippi. His name is not included with those memorialized at the Confederate Dead Monument in Oak Woods Cemetery; Chicago, Cook, Illinois.

I can find no record for application for a widow's pension from Lavodia Dowdy following the death of her husband.



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