Nicholas Davis Jr. Explained

Nicholas Davis Jr.
Term Start:April 29, 1861
Term End:February 17, 1862
Successor:Constituency abolished
Birth Date:14 January 1825
Birth Place:Athens, Alabama, US
Death Place:Huntsville, Alabama, US
Resting Place:Maple Hill Cemetery,
Huntsville, Alabama

Nicholas Davis Jr. (January 14, 1825 – November 3, 1875) was an American politician who served as a Deputy from Alabama to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from April 1861 to February 1862.[1]

Biography

Nicholas Davis Jr. was born in Limestone County, Alabama, and served in the legislature in 1851. He was elected to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States to replace David P. Lewis and served in that capacity from April 1861 to February 1862.

He was unsuccessful in organizing his own regiment during the American Civil War and served as lieutenant colonel of the 19th Regiment Alabama Infantry instead.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Root . Elihu . Elihu Root . 1904 . Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 . I . Washington, D.C. . . 159 . 05012700.
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=sPynb-OYaV8C&dq=Nicholas+Davis,+Jr.&pg=PA354 Welcome the hour of conflict: William Cowan McClellan and the 9th Alabama