DAVIS, William George Mackey

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Affiliation:  Union

Born: May 9 1812, Portsmouth VA

Died: March 11 1898, Alexandria VA

Pre-War Profession: Sailor, journalist, editor, cotton speculator, judge.

War Service: 1861 Capt., Lt. Col. of 10th Mississippi, served as Col. on the President's staff, September 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Davis' Bde/Heth's division at Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Petersburg, Appomattox.

Post War: Lawyer