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Reuben E Davis

Birth
Georgia, USA
Death
19 Aug 1865 (aged 46)
Heard County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Burial on Davis Family Farm Add to Map
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Reuben E Davis was the son of
William And Joicie Johnson Davis,
Husband of Elizabeth Whitaker.


From the Alabama Archives:

R.E. Davis
Private Co I 60th Alabama Inf., Formerly Co D 1st Batt., Hillards Legion
Enlisted 9 July 1862 Montgomery Ala
Born in Ga; Nearest post office -Newnan, Ga age 44, married.
Wounded at Chickamauga, Present at Knoxville; wounded at Bean's Station;
Present at Drewry's Bluff; wounded at Petersburg.
He appeared on an undated list of Prisoners of War at Farmville, Va between April 11 and
April 21 1865 .
He was admitted to U.S. Hospital 2 May, 1865 at Fort Monroe VA with the diagnosis of a gun shot wound to his right leg and was discharged on taking the loyalty oath on 16 July 1865, at age 46. He made it home to Heard County and died there the next month on 19 Aug 1865.

From the Bible of Rev. William Davis Jr.(His Father)

Reuben E Davis departed this life Aug the 19th after being in the army three years and 1 month and wounded three times and got home and took the fever and lived seven days in the year 1865.

(Reuben and his son Leonadis Clark Davis both fought
in the Battle of Chickamauga.) CGL
Reuben E Davis was the son of
William And Joicie Johnson Davis,
Husband of Elizabeth Whitaker.


From the Alabama Archives:

R.E. Davis
Private Co I 60th Alabama Inf., Formerly Co D 1st Batt., Hillards Legion
Enlisted 9 July 1862 Montgomery Ala
Born in Ga; Nearest post office -Newnan, Ga age 44, married.
Wounded at Chickamauga, Present at Knoxville; wounded at Bean's Station;
Present at Drewry's Bluff; wounded at Petersburg.
He appeared on an undated list of Prisoners of War at Farmville, Va between April 11 and
April 21 1865 .
He was admitted to U.S. Hospital 2 May, 1865 at Fort Monroe VA with the diagnosis of a gun shot wound to his right leg and was discharged on taking the loyalty oath on 16 July 1865, at age 46. He made it home to Heard County and died there the next month on 19 Aug 1865.

From the Bible of Rev. William Davis Jr.(His Father)

Reuben E Davis departed this life Aug the 19th after being in the army three years and 1 month and wounded three times and got home and took the fever and lived seven days in the year 1865.

(Reuben and his son Leonadis Clark Davis both fought
in the Battle of Chickamauga.) CGL

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