USGENWEB PROJECT ARCHIVES: TENSAS PARISH LOUISIANA
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BIOGRAPHIES: M. Michie,  Tensas Parish, Louisiana
Submitted to the USGENWEB Archives Project by Mike Miller, DEC 1997.



Capt. M. Michie 
          Tensas Parish, Louisiana 
    The subject of this notice, Capt. M. Michie, is a native of Tensas
parish of this state.  He is the third of the eight children born to
David C. and Ellen Ann (Flowers) Michie.  The father was a native of
Richmond, Va., and the mother of North Carolina.  Early in life the
father came to Mississippi, where he was married.  In 1835 he came to
Louisiana, settling in Tensas parish, where Capt. M. Michie was born.
In 1856 he removed to Morehouse parish, where he died in 1880, at the
advanced age of eighty-six years.  His wife died in 1888, being at the
time of her death in the seventy-sixth year of her age.  They were the
owners of a large plantation, upon which Mr. Michie spent many
successful years of his life.  Their eight children all grew to
maturity, and four of them are yet living:  William C. and David are
planters in Tensas parish, and Mrs. W. C. Madden and our subject are the
others.  Our subject spent his school days in Warren county, Miss., and
in this parish.  Later he attended school at New Orleans.  In 1861 he
joined the Confederate service as a private in Company G, of the
Fifteenth Louisiana regiment, originally known as Hay's brigade,
commanded by General Nicholls.  He was assigned to duty in the Army of
Northern Virginia, and took part in the following engagements:  the
seven days' fight around Richmond, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville,
Spottsylvania, Sharpsburg, the second battle of Manassas, Gettysburg and
Petersburg.  At Gettysburg he received a gunshot wound in the left arm
below the elbow.  At this time he was the captain of his company, having
served through all the ranks from a private to captain.  There were
three Michie brothers in the Virginia army:  Gen. W. C. commanded the
Fifteenth Louisiana regiment, D. Michie was in Martin's cavalry company,
and the other brother was in General Harrison's cavalry company.  After
our subject recovered from the effects of his wound, he was put on
detached duty, where he served until the surrender.  After the war he
engaged in planting with his father on the home plantation, which
consisted of 800 acres of land, and our subject is now the owner of 500
acres, of which about 225 acres are well cultivated.  His land will
average about three-fourths bale and twenty bushels per acre.  He is
also devoting considerable attention to the raising of Jersey cattle.
Capt. Michie has never married and is entirely taken up with his
planting interests.  He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and
stands in high esteem in his parish.
 
 From Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, volume 2, pp.
252-253. 
Submitted by Mike Miller