Billy Bowlegs is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftgibson.asp.  He served in the Civil War for the Union in Company A, First Indian Home Guards, in 1862–1864. The First Indian Home Guards were companies of Seminole and Creek soldiers attached to Kansas regiments during the Civil War. Captain Bowlegs is believed to be Seminole warrior So-nuk-mek-ko, who adopted the Bowlegs name after the death of Seminole Chief Billy Bowlegs in 1859. Captain Bowlegs (So-nuk-mek-ko) died in 1864, and is the only officer of the Indian Regiment interred in the officers' circle. http://everglades.fiu.edu/reclaim/bios/bowlegs.htm.
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