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PVT Simon James Davis

Birth
Ware County, Georgia, USA
Death
14 Dec 1862 (aged 27)
Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA
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Killed in battle at Fredericksburg, VA. Married Martha Hinson.

Simon Davis was born on 15 May 1835 in Ware Co, GA the son of Stafford Davis and Penelope Lott. He married a Martha (last name not found) before 1862 in Georgia. Simon (with some military records showing Simeon) enlisted as private in Company C enlisting on 5 September 1862, in Calhoun, GA, for a period of three years or war by Major Dunwoody. He served in Virginia, where he was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital No. 3 in Richmond on 1 November 1862, with an abscess of the foot. Two weeks later, he was transferred apparently to Episcopal Church Hospital of Williamsburg, VA, where he was admitted with bronchitis. Transfer records at Chimborazo Hospital noted a transfer to Petersburg, but the Episcopal Church Hospital register listed his name as being admitted on the day he left Richmond. Private Davis was released from the hospital on 23 November 1862, but died on 14 December 1862, in Fredericksburg from a cause not reported. He was likely killed in battle, since he died the day after the Battle of Fredericksburg. Pay and commutation was due from enlistment, and a settlement was made between the Office of the Confederate States Auditor for the War Department and widow Martha Davis on a claim filed 23 March 1863. (From United States Archives records on microfilm.) National Archives Microfilm Box, Roll, and Record 000226, 0016, 00001333
Killed in battle at Fredericksburg, VA. Married Martha Hinson.

Simon Davis was born on 15 May 1835 in Ware Co, GA the son of Stafford Davis and Penelope Lott. He married a Martha (last name not found) before 1862 in Georgia. Simon (with some military records showing Simeon) enlisted as private in Company C enlisting on 5 September 1862, in Calhoun, GA, for a period of three years or war by Major Dunwoody. He served in Virginia, where he was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital No. 3 in Richmond on 1 November 1862, with an abscess of the foot. Two weeks later, he was transferred apparently to Episcopal Church Hospital of Williamsburg, VA, where he was admitted with bronchitis. Transfer records at Chimborazo Hospital noted a transfer to Petersburg, but the Episcopal Church Hospital register listed his name as being admitted on the day he left Richmond. Private Davis was released from the hospital on 23 November 1862, but died on 14 December 1862, in Fredericksburg from a cause not reported. He was likely killed in battle, since he died the day after the Battle of Fredericksburg. Pay and commutation was due from enlistment, and a settlement was made between the Office of the Confederate States Auditor for the War Department and widow Martha Davis on a claim filed 23 March 1863. (From United States Archives records on microfilm.) National Archives Microfilm Box, Roll, and Record 000226, 0016, 00001333

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