Townes raised Co. G of the 38th VA Infantry, the Mecklenburg Rifles on May 18, 1861 and became captain.On April 16, 1862, he was hospitalized in Williamsburg, VA with diptheria and was given a sick furlough and was not present when the company was reorganized later that month.. He officially left the company on April 29, 1862 when he was not reelected as captain. In a letter dated January 21, 1864 to the bureau of conscription, he requests to be made enrolling officer on Mecklenburg County rather than be put back into service because ill health caused by typhoid fever had caused him to earlier leave the service and he had provided a substitute. No further war record has been found.
Townes remained in Mecklenburg County, VA where he was a farmer, miller and landlord. He died on April 26, 1910 and was originally buried in the Wimbush Family Cemetery, which is located on an island in Kerr Lake. His remains were reinterred in La Crosse Cemetery in Mecklenburg County.
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