TILLSON, Davis

Affiliation:  Union

Born: April 14 1830, Rockland ME

Died: April 30 1895, Rockland ME

Pre-War Profession: Attended West Point but left when he lost his leg in an accident, politician, collector of customs.

War Service: November 1861 Capt. in 2nd Maine Battery, Maj., Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run, Lt. Col., November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, chief of artillery in Dept. of the Ohio, defenses of Cincinnati, Knoxville, commanded 4th Divn/XXIII Corps

Post War: Farmer, stone-mining business