Born at Pleasant View Farm, Litwalton, Lancaster County, Virginia. Likely named for his grandfather, John Edward Blakemore.
Bugler, Company K, 9th Virginia Cavalry, Confederate States Army. Enlisted at the age of fifteen.
The unit served in W.H.F. Lee's, Chambliss', and Beale's Brigades, Army of Northern Virginia. It fought in the Seven Days' Battles and the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, and Culpeper Court House. The 9th went on to fight at Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Todd's Tavern. Later it skirmished around Richmond and Petersburg, then was active in the Appomattox operations.
Captured at Amelia Crossroads, April 3, 1865.
Namesakes:
John Edward Biscoe, Jr. (1888-1951): Son of John
John Biscoe Bingham (1949-2005): Great grandson of John
John Edward Biscoe (1884-1928): Son of John’s brother, Henry Lawson Biscoe, Jr. (1840-1905)
John Edward Biscoe Shackelford Davis (1896-1970): Son of John’s niece, Ida Melville Biscoe Davis
John Edward Davis, Jr. (1922-2006): Son of John Edward Biscoe Shackelford Davis
John Edward Davis, III (1951-): Son of John Edward Davis, Jr.
Bugler, Company K, 9th Virginia Cavalry, Confederate States Army. Enlisted at the age of fifteen.
The unit served in W.H.F. Lee's, Chambliss', and Beale's Brigades, Army of Northern Virginia. It fought in the Seven Days' Battles and the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, and Culpeper Court House. The 9th went on to fight at Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Todd's Tavern. Later it skirmished around Richmond and Petersburg, then was active in the Appomattox operations.
Captured at Amelia Crossroads, April 3, 1865.
Namesakes:
John Edward Biscoe, Jr. (1888-1951): Son of John
John Biscoe Bingham (1949-2005): Great grandson of John
John Edward Biscoe (1884-1928): Son of John’s brother, Henry Lawson Biscoe, Jr. (1840-1905)
John Edward Biscoe Shackelford Davis (1896-1970): Son of John’s niece, Ida Melville Biscoe Davis
John Edward Davis, Jr. (1922-2006): Son of John Edward Biscoe Shackelford Davis
John Edward Davis, III (1951-): Son of John Edward Davis, Jr.
Born at Pleasant View Farm, Litwalton, Lancaster County, Virginia. Likely named for his grandfather, John Edward Blakemore.
Bugler, Company K, 9th Virginia Cavalry, Confederate States Army. Enlisted at the age of fifteen.
The unit served in W.H.F. Lee's, Chambliss', and Beale's Brigades, Army of Northern Virginia. It fought in the Seven Days' Battles and the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, and Culpeper Court House. The 9th went on to fight at Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Todd's Tavern. Later it skirmished around Richmond and Petersburg, then was active in the Appomattox operations.
Captured at Amelia Crossroads, April 3, 1865.
Namesakes:
John Edward Biscoe, Jr. (1888-1951): Son of John
John Biscoe Bingham (1949-2005): Great grandson of John
John Edward Biscoe (1884-1928): Son of John’s brother, Henry Lawson Biscoe, Jr. (1840-1905)
John Edward Biscoe Shackelford Davis (1896-1970): Son of John’s niece, Ida Melville Biscoe Davis
John Edward Davis, Jr. (1922-2006): Son of John Edward Biscoe Shackelford Davis
John Edward Davis, III (1951-): Son of John Edward Davis, Jr.
Bugler, Company K, 9th Virginia Cavalry, Confederate States Army. Enlisted at the age of fifteen.
The unit served in W.H.F. Lee's, Chambliss', and Beale's Brigades, Army of Northern Virginia. It fought in the Seven Days' Battles and the conflicts at Gainesville, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Dumfries, Rapidan Station, Brandy Station, Upperville, Hanover, Gettysburg, Williamsport, Funkstown, and Culpeper Court House. The 9th went on to fight at Bristoe, Mine Run, The Wilderness, and Todd's Tavern. Later it skirmished around Richmond and Petersburg, then was active in the Appomattox operations.
Captured at Amelia Crossroads, April 3, 1865.
Namesakes:
John Edward Biscoe, Jr. (1888-1951): Son of John
John Biscoe Bingham (1949-2005): Great grandson of John
John Edward Biscoe (1884-1928): Son of John’s brother, Henry Lawson Biscoe, Jr. (1840-1905)
John Edward Biscoe Shackelford Davis (1896-1970): Son of John’s niece, Ida Melville Biscoe Davis
John Edward Davis, Jr. (1922-2006): Son of John Edward Biscoe Shackelford Davis
John Edward Davis, III (1951-): Son of John Edward Davis, Jr.
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