Henry Brevard Davidson
Henry Brevard Davidson (born January 28, 1831 in Shelbyville, Tennessee , † March 4, 1899 in Livermore , California ) was a Brigadier General of the Confederate Army in the Civil War .
Life
Davidson volunteered with the Tennessee Volunteers Regiment at the age of 15. For his bravery in the American-Mexican War he was promoted to sergeant and in 1848 appointed to the US Military Academy in West Point , New York . There he graduated in 1853 as the 33rd of his class.
Davidson left the US Army in 1861 and joined the Confederate Army as a major . There he served in succession on the staff of Generals John Buchanan Floyd , Simon Bolivar Buckner , Albert Sidney Johnston and William Whann Mackall and was promoted to colonel . Together with Mackall, Henry B. Davidson was taken prisoner of war in October 1862 . Davidson was promoted to brigadier general on August 18, 1863 and subsequently served in Joseph Wheeler's Cavalry Corps . After participating in the Shenandoah campaign in 1864, Davidson surrendered to the Northern States in North Carolina with General Joseph E. Johnston .
After the war, Davidson settled in California . There he worked as an engineer and in 1887 became Deputy Minister of the Interior of the state. His grave is in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland , California.
literature
- Ezra J. Warner: Generals in Gray - Lives of the Confederate Commanders . Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge (LA) 1959
- James Spencer: Civil War Generals . Greenwood Press Inc., Westport (CO) 1986
See also
Web links
- Henry Brevard Davidson in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Davidson, Henry Brevard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brigadier General of the Army of the Confederate States of America in the Civil War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shelbyville, Tennessee |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 1899 |
| Place of death | Livermore (California) |