2LT William Thomas Davis

 

William Davis was born 31 January 1837 to a modest family in Calhoon County Alabama, his family later moved to the county of Fayette. They there settled in the town of Fayette, where he there taught school in a little one room school house for boys. It was at this school house where he looked out the window on 11 June 1861 and noticed the gather of men. The men where gathering for a reason it seemed, and the reason was clear, to join the Confederate Army. He proudly walked up to to join the line that had formed and fell in. They slowly made there way up to the Fayette county court house were Capt. George Trawick was taking volunteers. Shortly after was the march to Virginia, his regiment, 11th Alabama infantry, was to become part of Gen'l Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, in Longstreet's division. Im proud to say he participated in all major battles and fought bravely for his Army. Only by the grace of god did he survive this war, and to have been involved in such battles as Gettysburg, where he and his fellow Alabamians were involved in Pickett's charge, and Petersburg were Mahone rallied him and his Company to retake the Crater.  Although he was wounded on the first day of fighting at Sharpsburg he was back in action on the next day. It wasn't until the battle of Reams Station on 25 August 1864 did he receive a severe wound to his right leg which sent him to the Confederate States Hospital in Petersburg,VA. It was there they decided not to amputate his leg, from there he was sent to Steuart Post Hospital in Richmond,VA. He was told he would not return to the field, so he requested to finish his service and report to the Commander of the Post in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and was paroled on 18 May 1865. This site is dedicated to his bravery and loyalty to his state and the Confederacy.

    2LT William Thomas Davis 11th Alabama Infantry Company I C.S.A

11th Alabama Infantry Co.I Muster Roll

Captain Lemuel Harris of Co. I 11th Alabama, letters home during the war

11th Alabama Infantry Co. K Muster Roll

Melissa Muscovally-Davis