DAVIES, Thomas Alfred

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Affiliation:  Union

Born: December 3 1809, St Lawrence Cty NY

Died: August 19 1899, St Lawrence Cty NY

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1829, frontier duty, resigned 1831, civil engineer, merchant

War Service: May 1861 Col. of 16th New York, First Bull Run, defenses of Washington, March 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, served in the siege of Corinth and the battle there later that year, commanded districts in Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas.

Post War: Writer on various topics