Tombstone of Billy Bowlegs (Sonuk Micco), a Seminole Union Army Captain in the Civil War, at Fort Gibson National Cemetery in Oklahoma. (USA)


Sonuk Mikko (unknown-c1864), commonly known as Billy Bowlegs and also known as So-Nuk-Mek-Ko, was a Seminole who gained recognition as a captain in the American Civil War. Mikko adopted the name of Chief Billy Bowlegs from (Holato Micco), who had fought in the Second and Third Seminole wars, following Holato Micco's death in 1859.


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Location: Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA.
Photo credit: © Allen Creative / Steve Allen / Alamy / Afripics
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