| 词条 | Joseph R. Davis |
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| honorific_prefix = Brigadier-General | name = Joseph R. Davis | image = JRDavis.jpg{{!}}border | caption = Davis in uniform, ca. 1861 | birth_date = {{birth date|1825|1|12}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1896|9|15|1825|1|12}} | birth_place = Woodville, Mississippi | death_place = Biloxi, Mississippi | placeofburial = Biloxi Cemetery, Biloxi, Mississippi | placeofburial_coordinates = {{coord|30|23|52.1|N|88|54|27.2|W|region:US-MS_type:landmark|display=inline}} | birth_name = Joseph Robert Davis | allegiance = {{flag|Confederate States|1865}} | branch = {{army|CSA|size=23px}} | serviceyears = 1861–1865 | rank = Brigadier-General | commands = Davis' Brigade | battles = American Civil War
| spouse = Frances Peyton (m. 1848, div. 1878) Margaret Green (m. 1879) | relations = Jefferson Davis (uncle) | laterwork = Lawyer }}Joseph R. Davis (born Joseph Robert Davis; January 12, 1825 – September 15, 1896) was an American politician and a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.[1][2] Early life and educationBrigadier-General Joseph Robert Davis was born in Woodville, Mississippi on January 12, 1825, and was educated in Nashville and Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Trained in the law, he practiced his profession in Madison County, Mississippi, and was elected to the Mississippi State Senate in 1860.[3] American Civil WarEntering the Confederate service as Captain of Militia from Madison County, Mississippi, Davis had no military training. was soon made Lieutenant-Colonel of the Tenth Regiment, Mississippi Volunteers, after which he served on the military staff of his uncle, President Jefferson Davis, in Richmond as an aide de camp with the rank of Colonel of Cavalry.[4] Commissioned a brigadier-general to rank from September 15, 1862, and confirmed by the Senate only after charges of nepotism were freely aired and his nomination once rejected, Davis was assigned a brigade in Heth's Division, Army of Northern Virginia, which he led through some of the most bitter battles of the war. He fought at Gettysburg his brigade suffered heavily in the railroad cut in the first day of the battle. (where his command formed a support to Pickett in the celebrated third day), in the Wilderness Campaign, and at the siege of Petersburg.[5][6] Later yearsParoled at Appomattox on April 9, 1865, Brigadier-General Davis returned to Mississippi. He died September 15, 1896 and is buried at Biloxi Cemetery.[7][8] See also{{Portal|American Civil War|Biography}}
Notes1. ^Biloxi Herald, 1896. 2. ^Warner, 1959, pp. 68-69. 3. ^Warner, 1959, pp. 68-69. 4. ^Hooker, 1899, pp. 249-50. 5. ^Hooker, 1899, pp. 249-50. 6. ^Warner, 1959, pp. 68-69. 7. ^Hooker, 1899, pp. 249-50. 8. ^Warner, 1959, pp. 68-69. References
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