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Henry Brevard Davidson
North Main St., Shelbyville,
TN ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
35° 29' 3.12",
-86° 27' 34.799976"
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Tennessee State
Historical Marker
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Henry Brevard Davidson
Jan. 28, 1831 - March 4, 1898
Born in a house which stood here. Enlisted in the 1st Tenn. Volunteers for the Mexican War; on graduation from US Military Academy in 1853, commissioned in Dragoons. Resigning for the Confederacy and rapidly promoted to colonel, he was captured at Island No. 10; promoted on exchange and given a brigade in Wheeler's Cavalry Corp. Surrendering at Greensboro, N.C., he moved to California, where he was once a deputy Secretary of State. He is buried in Oakland, CA.
Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy, Union States
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