(1841 - 1862)
Home State: Georgia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 12th Georgia Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
From Muscogee County, he mustered as Private, Company E, 12th Georgia Infantry on 15 June 1861. He was promoted to Sergeant, date not given.
On the Campaign
He was killed while bearing the colors in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.
References & notes
Service from the Roster 1 via the Historical Data Systems database. His name also seen as Joseph H. Davis.
Birth
1841; Shelby County, TX
Death
09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD
1 Henderson, Lilian, compiler, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865, 6 vols., Hapeville (GA): Longino & Porter, 1959-1964 [AotW citation 19390]