Lieut.
Miles
Melmoth
Cowles
Born in Hamptonville, Yadkin Co., N. Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of Josiah Cowles
and Nancy Caroline (Carson) Cowles
Brother of
Alvin Simpson Duvall Jr. [half], Robert Carson Duvall [half], Calvin Josiah Cowles, Martha Temperance Duvall [half], Julius Duvall, Andrew Carson Cowles, Lewis Williams Cowles, William Henry Harrison Cowles, Henry Clay Cowles and Caroline Mary (Cowles) Teague
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 27
in Richmond, Virginia
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Jul 2015
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Biography
Cowles, Miles M. Adjutant, 38th NC Troops; wounded at Richmond, VA; 6-26-1862 ~Miles Melmoth Cowles~ Residence Yadkin County NC; 26 years old. Enlisted on 5/12/1861 at Yadkin County, NC as a 1st Lieutenant. On 5/12/1861 he was commissioned into "B" Co. NC 21st Infantry He Resigned on 9/9/1861 He also had service in: Field & Staff NC 38th Infantry (Subsequent service as Adjutant)
Sources
See also:
- http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Cowles&GSiman=1&GScid=970641&GRid=14756122&
- https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:9MCZ-GFL
- Clark, Walter, ed. "The Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina in The Great War, 1861-65. Vol II." Goldsboro, North Carolina: Nash Brothers Printers, n.date. archives.org link
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Categories: 38th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, United States Civil War