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Pvt Moses C. Davis

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Pvt Moses C. Davis

Birth
Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine, USA
Death
3 Jul 1863 (aged 34–35)
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Maine Plot, Section F, Site #3
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SERVED WITH CO C 20TH MAINE INFANTRY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. KILLED AT GETTYSBURG.

U.S.Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles 1861 - 1865 lists Moses' age at enlistment as 34. He enlisted on August 29, 1862 as a private into Company C of the 20th Maine Infantry. He was born approximately 1838.

In "Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine: The 20th Maine and the Gettysburg Campaign" by Thomas A. Desjardin, the author says that Moses was from Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine, was 68 inches tall, a farmer, and 24 years old. It says that Moses was "wounded mortally, died July 3 and buried near the Beitler House. A thanksgiving book was found on his body."

According to the Adjutant General's Report - "the Return of Captain Isaac H. McDonald's Co. C" made on the field on the morning of December 1st, 1863 about the status of the 20th. The record listed Moses as dying of wounds on July 3rd, being 34 years of age at the time of death, and being from Lyndon (Caribou), Maine.

SERVED WITH CO C 20TH MAINE INFANTRY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. KILLED AT GETTYSBURG.

U.S.Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles 1861 - 1865 lists Moses' age at enlistment as 34. He enlisted on August 29, 1862 as a private into Company C of the 20th Maine Infantry. He was born approximately 1838.

In "Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine: The 20th Maine and the Gettysburg Campaign" by Thomas A. Desjardin, the author says that Moses was from Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine, was 68 inches tall, a farmer, and 24 years old. It says that Moses was "wounded mortally, died July 3 and buried near the Beitler House. A thanksgiving book was found on his body."

According to the Adjutant General's Report - "the Return of Captain Isaac H. McDonald's Co. C" made on the field on the morning of December 1st, 1863 about the status of the 20th. The record listed Moses as dying of wounds on July 3rd, being 34 years of age at the time of death, and being from Lyndon (Caribou), Maine.


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MOSES DAVIS.
CO. C. REGT. 20.


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