Joel P. Davis

A farm worker's son, in 1860 he was an 18 year old living with his parents and 4 siblings in Wayne County, NC. He was conscripted on 15 July 1862 in Raleigh, NC and mustered as a Private in Company D, 3rd North Carolina Infantry.

He was sent to a hospital in Frederick, MD by 12 September, left behind, and captured there.

He was in US Army General Hospital #1 in Frederick, MD to 22 September and afterward was a prisoner at Fort Delaware to 2 October, then sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange. He was admitted to a hospital in Richmond, VA on 17 October and was formally exchanged to return to duty on 10 November 1862.

He was wounded by a gunshot in action at Gettysburg, PA on 2 July 1863 and again, on 27 November 1863, at Payne's Farm, VA. Along with most of his regiment, he was captured at Spotsylvania Court House, VA on 12 May 1864 and was a prisoner at Point Lookout, MD until he was sent to Aikens' Landing, VA for exchange on 15 March 1865. He was in a hospital in Richmond by 18 March with no later military record.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. He's also on the Confederates In Frederick List.2 Personal details from the US Census of 1860.

c. 1842 in NC