Dowdy, U.G. TN 50th Inf. Co.I
50th TN Inf Regt organized at Fort Donelson 12/25/1861 Captured there 02/16/1862 Paroled, Vicksburg, MS in Sept 1862 Reorganized at Jackson, MS 09/23/1862 Declared exchanged 11/10/1862
1869 sounds like a typo