Rescun W. Davis
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Jump to navigationJump to searchRescun W. ("Reck") Davis[1][2] was a Corporal in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company K.
Antebellum
- Did not enlist at original meeting of Lemonweir minutemen
- Wednesday after 2nd meeting on May 8, he and friends James P. Sullivan and James L. Barney went to nearby Bill Steward's farm to enlist with John St. Clair, first to arrive at muster with this group
War Career
- Enlisted on May 10, 1861 in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company K
- Veteran
- Corporal
- Mustered out on July 14, 1865
Postwar Career
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Family
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Notes
- ↑ SWTSWV 0018 lists his initials as W.R. Davis.
- ↑ Herdegan, IBiCWaM, 52 spells his name Rescum Davis.
Sources
- Dawes, Rufus R. Service with the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers. Marietta, OH: E.R. Alderman & Sons, 1890. Print. (Page 18)
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 534)
Other Souces
- Herdegan, IBiCWaM, 52-53
