Dunovant, R. G. M. (Richard Gill Mills), 1821-1898

Confederate Army officer, in charge of the defense of the harbor at Charleston, S.C.

From the description of Papers, 1861. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19536550

Confederate Army officer. A native of Chester County, S.C., he practiced medicine in Texas and returned to Chester at the outset of the Mexican War to raise a company of volunteers, of which he was elected captain and later lieutenant colonel. He signed the Ordinance of Secession and was in active service during the Civil War. After the war he lived in Edgefield (S.C.).

From the description of R.G.M. Dunovant papers, 1846-1907. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36867358

Physician, soldier, and South Carolina state legislator. Dunovant was a native of Chester County, S.C. and a longtime resident of Edgefield County, S.C.

From the description of Orders regarding Fort Sumter, 1861. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37522094