Henry Eugene Davies
Military Person
1836 – 1894
Who was Henry Eugene Davies?
Henry Eugene Davies was an American soldier, writer, public official and lawyer. He served in the Union Army as a brigadier general of volunteers in cavalry service during the American Civil War and was promoted to the grade of major general of volunteers at the end of the war. Davies was one of the few nonprofessional soldiers in the Union cavalry in the East to be promoted to the grade of general. He led his brigade in several major battles, especially during the Overland Campaign, the Battle of Trevilian Station, the Siege of Petersburg and the Appomattox Campaign at the end of the war.
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- Born
- Jul 2, 1836
New York City - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Columbia University
- Harvard University
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- Sep 7, 1894
Middleborough
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on July 23, 2013
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