Charles Lukens Davis Brigadier General, United States Army |
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Lukens Davis of Pennsylvania
Appointed from Delaware, Private, Independent Company, Pennsylvania Artillery, 24 April to 5 August 1861 Second Lieutenant, 31st Pennsylvania Infantry, 20 August 1861 First Lieutenant, 1 September 1861 Transferred to 82nd Pennsylvania Infantry, 1 September 1861 Captain, 4 February 1863 Honorably mustered out 19 June 1863 Captain, Signal Corps, 3 March 1863 Brevetted Major, Volunteers, 9 March 1865 for gallant and meritorious service during the recent operations resulting in the fall of Richmond, Virginia and the surrender of the insurgent army under General R. E. Lee Honorably mustered our 18 August 1865 Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant, 10th U. S. Infantry, 23 February 1866 Captain 20 March 1879 Major, 6th U. S. Infantry, 26 April 1898 Transferred to to 11th Infantry, 20 September 1900 Colonel, 5th Infantry, 11 July 1901 Brigadier General, 26 January 1903 Brevetted Captain, 2 March 2867 for gallant and meritorious service in the campaign from the Rapidan to the James Brevetted Major, 2 March 1867 for gallant and meritorious service in the siege of Petersburg, Virginia Retired, 10 February 1903 November 10, 1919 - Brigadier General Charles L. Davis, U.S.A., retired. Funeral services will be held at his residence, 23 Front Street, Schenectady, New York, on Thursday, at 12 o'clock noon. Relatives and friends invited. Burial in Arlington National Cemetery at the convenience of the family on Friday afternoon. DAVIS, CHARLES L BRIG GEN USA RETIRED DATE OF DEATH: 11/10/1919 BURIED AT: SECTION SS SITE 1408 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Webmaster:
Michael Robert Patterson
Posted: 7 December 2007 |
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