Here they are, don't look like Color Bearer material to me. Dowd of the 24th Mississippi was the regimental Colonel. No other Dowd on their roster.
Richard B. Harris, age 22, Private, Capt. Thomas V. Noland;s Co., Mississippi Volunteers,* enlisted July 18, 1861 at Bovina, Missisippi by Capt. Noland during the present war, admitted Mississippi Soldiers' Hospital, Richmond, Va., May 8, 1863, Rheu. Ch./Pneumonia, transferred Lynchburg May 12/14, missing/deserted June 29, 1863, "Deserted to the Yankees during the invasion of Penna., 28 June, '63," POW received at Fort Mifflin, Pa. July 2, 1863, forwarded from Harrisburg, Pa., to Philadelphia, Pa., July 21, 1863, released on taking the Oath of Allegiance to the US November 17, 1863, description: resident of Warren Co.,, Miss., fair complexion, black hair, 5' 10-1/2", "Released but still in the employ of Government"
Description: Born in Mississippi, Farmer, resident of Bovina, Miss., age 20 on enlistment, single
* This company subsequently became Company H (Warren Volunteers), 21st Mississippi Infantry
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William F. Dowd, Colonel, Field & Staff, 24th Mississippi Infantry, enrolled November 6, 1861 at Marion, Mississippi, absent sick until April 21, 1863, subsequently detached on recruiting duty, resigned January 19, 1864, appointed Mem Court, Col. & Judge, Military Court, North Alabama April 13, 1864
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J B Dawson, Private, Company D (Wilkinson Guards), 38th Regiment Mississippi Vols., enlisted April 29, 1862 at Woodville by Lieut. R. L. F. Bullock for 3 years, sick in hospital Columbus June 30, 1862, transferred to 4th Louisiana Regiment February 27, 1863
M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi
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John B. Dawson, Private, (New) Company D, 4th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, enlisted April 29, 1862 at Woodville, Miss. by Lieut. Bullock, for 3 years or the war, transferred from 38th Mississippi, n.d., detailed in Port Hudson, recorded August, 1863, "left sick in Port Hudson, "now at home," ca August 31, 1863, recorded on the Sept. & Oct., 1863 muster roll as "Absent, at home sick without leave," still AWOL on August 31, 1864, recorded on February 28, 1865 as "Absent, Prisoner while on furlough, date unknown"
M320: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Louisiana