Allardice found no evidence that the reserve units were in Walker's division, this would not have required his promotion. Although Bowles often was engaged in heavy fighting and had his canteen shattered by a bullet at the Battle of First Bull Run and his cap shot from his hand at the Battle of Spotsylvania, he was never wounded during the war. Postbellum years After the end of the war, Bowles returned home to practice law in Sparta, before moving to Evergreen, Alabama, when the county seat relocated there. For ten years between 1867 and 1877, he served as the county prosecutor before devoting himself full-time to private practice. His business flourished, and Bowles became one of the leading lawyers in southern Alabama. He was active in the Episcopalian Church, the Democratic Party and the Freemasons. He also was a "general" in the United Confederate Veterans. He served as a probate judge from 1887 until 1898. Bowles died in Tampa, Florida, and is buried in the Old Historical Cemetery in Evergreen, Alabama. See also List of American Civil War generals (Acting Confederate) Notes References Allardice, Bruce S. More Generals in Gray. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. (pbk.). Chapman, John Abney. History of Edgefield County: from the earliest settlements to 1897. Newberry, SC: Elbert H. Aull, 1897. . Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . Evans, Clement A., ed. Confederate Military History: A Library of Confederate States History. 12 vols. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing Company, 1899. . Retrieved January 20, 2011. Farquhar, Thomas M., The History of the Bowles Family, Containing an Accurate Historical Lineage. Self-published, 1907. Owen, Thomas McAdory and Marie Bankhead Owen. History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 3. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1921. . Riley, Benjamin Franklin, History of Conecuh County, Alabama: Embracing a Detailed Record of Events, Columbus, Georgia: Thos. Gilbert, printer, 1881. Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts On File, 1988. . United States War Department, The Military Secretary's Office, Memorandum relative to the general officers appointed by the President in the armies of the Confederate States--1861-1865 (1908) (Compiled from official records) Caption shows 1905 but printing date is February 11, 1908. Retrieved August 5, 2010. Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959.