Joseph R. Davis
| Joseph R. Davis | |
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| Birth name | Joseph Robert Davis |
| Born |
January 12, 1825 Woodville, Mississippi |
| Died |
September 15, 1896 (aged 71) Biloxi, Mississippi |
| Buried at | Biloxi, Mississippi |
| Allegiance |
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| Service/branch |
 Confederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1861-1865 |
| Rank |
 Brigadier-General |
| Commands held | Davis' Brigade |
| Campaigns | |
| Spouse(s) |
Frances Peyton (m. 1848, div. 1878) Margaret Green (m. 1879) |
| Relations |
Isaac Davis (father) Susannah Gartley (mother) Varina Davis (daughter) Edith Davis (daughter) Jefferson Davis (uncle) |
| Other work | Lawyer |
Joseph R. Davis (January 12, 1825 – September 15, 1896) was a brigadier-general from Mississippi in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States.[1][2]
Early life and education
Brigadier-General Joseph Robert Davis was born in Woodville, Mississippi on January 12, 1825, and was educated in Nashville and Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Trained in the law, he practiced his profession in Madison County, Mississippi, and was elected to the Mississippi State Senate in 1860.[3]
American Civil War
Entering the Confederate service as Captain of Militia from Madison County, Mississippi, Davis was soon made Lieutenant-Colonel of the Tenth Regiment, Mississippi Volunteers, after which he served on the military staff of his uncle, President Jefferson Davis, in Richmond as an aide de camp with the rank of Colonel of Cavalry.[4] Commissioned a brigadier-general to rank from September 15, 1862, and confirmed by the Senate only after charges of nepotism were freely aired and his nomination once rejected, Davis was assigned a brigade in Heth's Division, Army of Northern Virginia, which he led through some of the bitterest battles of the war. He fought at Gettysburg (where his command formed a support to Pickett in the celebrated third day), in the Wilderness Campaign, and at the siege of Petersburg.[5][6]
Later years
Paroled at Appomattox on April 9, 1865, Brigadier-General Davis returned to Mississippi. He died September 15, 1896 and is buried at Biloxi Cemetery.[7][8]
See also
- List of American Civil War generals (Confederate)
- Gettysburg order of battle
- Wilderness order of battle
- Spotsylvania order of battle
- Cold Harbor order of battle
- Petersburg order of battle
- Appomattox order of battle
Notes
References
- “Gen. Joseph R. Davis.” Biloxi Herald. 19 September 1896.
- Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1.
- Sifakis, Stewart. Who Was Who in the Civil War. New York: Facts On File, 1988. ISBN 978-0-8160-1055-4.
- Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. ISBN 978-0-8071-0823-9.
- Wheeler, Maj.-Gen. Joseph; Hooker, Col. Charles E. (1899). Evans, Brig.-Gen. Clement A., ed. Confederate Military History. XII. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing.
- Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi. II. Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1891. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
Further reading
- Gottfried, Bradley M. (2012). Brigades of Gettysburg: The Union and Confederate Brigades at the Battle of Gettysburg. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61608-401-1.
- Williams, T. P. (1999). The Mississippi Brigade of Brig.-Gen. Joseph R. Davis: A Geographical Account of its Campaigns and a Biographical Account of Its Personalities, 1861-1865. Dayton, Ohio: Morningside House, Inc. ISBN 0-89029-335-X.
External links
- Joseph Robert Davis Find a Grave No. 10851. Retrieved May 7, 2016.