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Civil War Soldiers - Davis
| Davis, Edmund J., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in St. Augustine, Fla., Nov. 21, 1830. He moved to
Texas in 1848, practicing law there later; was collector of customs,
1850-52, district attorney, 1853-54, and district judge, 1854-60. He
joined the Union army as colonel of the 1st Tex. cavalry, Oct. 26,
1862, and was promoted brigadier-general of volunteers, Nov. 10, 1864.
He was mustered out, Aug. 24, 1865, was a member of the first and
president of the second reconstruction conventions, and Republican
governor of Texas from 1870 to 1874. He died in Austin, Tex., Feb. 8,
1883. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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| Davis, Jefferson C.,
brigadier-general, U.S. Army, was born in Clark county, Ind., March 2,
1828, was educated at the county academy, and, at the age of eighteen,
enlisted for service in the Mexican war. For bravery at Buena Vista he
won a commission as 2nd lieutenant in the 1st artillery. In 1852 he
was promoted 1st lieutenant. In 1858 he was placed in charge of the
garrison at Fort Sumter, and, as an officer under Maj. Anderson, took
part in the occupation and defense of that fort. In recognition of his
bravery on this occasion, he was promoted captain and given leave of
absence to recruit the 22nd Ind. volunteers, of which regiment he
became colonel. Being assigned as acting brigadier-general to the
Department of the Missouri, he distinguished himself by bravery at
Milford, Mo., and won promotion to the rank of brigadier-general of
volunteers. He commanded a division at the battle of Pea ridge, March
8, 1862, and took part in the battle of Shiloh, April 6 and 7, and the
siege of Corinth, and after the evacuation of that place by the
Confederates, May 29, he was assigned to the Army of the Tennessee. On
Sept. 29, 1862, he chanced to meet in Louisville Gen. William Nelson,
his superior officer, from whom he claimed to have had harsh
treatment, and, in a quarrel which ensued, he shot and instantly
killed Nelson. Gen. Davis was arrested, but was not tried, and was
soon afterwards assigned to duty in Covington, Ky. He commanded a
division forming a part of McCook's right wing at the battle of
Stone's river, Dec. 31, 1862, where he so distinguished himself that
Gen. Rosecrans recommended him for promotion to major-general. In 1864
he commanded the 14th corps of Sherman's army in the Atlanta campaign
and in the march through Georgia, and on March 13, 1865, he was
brevetted major-general U. S. A. for gallant and meritorious services
at the battle of Jonesboro, Ga. He was promoted colonel of the 23d U.
S. infantry, July 23, 1866, and served on the Pacific coast, in
Alaska, and, after the murder of Gen. Canby by the Modoc Indians, in
1873, succeeded to the command of the department and forced the tribe
to surrender. Gen. Davis died in Chicago, Ill., Nov. 30, 1879.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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