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Domestic News
July 5, 1863
The Chattanooga Daily Rebel
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
What is this article about?
Union Colonel Davis, a Mississippian cavalry officer, was killed by a Confederate pistol shot during a charge at Brandy Station, despite aid from Lieutenant Parsons who slew one attacker.
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A Traitor Gone To His Account.—A yankee
correspondent, in his account of the fight
at Brandy Station, says:
Col. Davis, who is a Mississippian, and who
is said to be the only cavalry officer of South-
tern birth in the army, was killed while gal-
lantry leading a charge. He was moving for-
ward in front of his colors, with drawn sabre.
and shouting, "Come on, boys! on!" when
two rebels rode up to him, one with a sabre
and the other with a pistol. The first struck
with his sabre at Col. Davis, but Lieut. Par-
sons, Acting Adjutant General of the cavalry
brigade, cut him down, cleaving his head from
his body: but the second rebel shot Colonel
Davis through the forehead, and he died im-
mediately.
correspondent, in his account of the fight
at Brandy Station, says:
Col. Davis, who is a Mississippian, and who
is said to be the only cavalry officer of South-
tern birth in the army, was killed while gal-
lantry leading a charge. He was moving for-
ward in front of his colors, with drawn sabre.
and shouting, "Come on, boys! on!" when
two rebels rode up to him, one with a sabre
and the other with a pistol. The first struck
with his sabre at Col. Davis, but Lieut. Par-
sons, Acting Adjutant General of the cavalry
brigade, cut him down, cleaving his head from
his body: but the second rebel shot Colonel
Davis through the forehead, and he died im-
mediately.
What sub-type of article is it?
Military
Death Or Funeral
What keywords are associated?
Brandy Station
Col Davis
Cavalry Charge
Rebel Attack
Civil War Death
What entities or persons were involved?
Col. Davis
Lieut. Parsons
Where did it happen?
Brandy Station
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Brandy Station
Key Persons
Col. Davis
Lieut. Parsons
Outcome
col. davis killed by pistol shot to the forehead; one rebel killed by lieut. parsons.
Event Details
Col. Davis led a cavalry charge, shouting encouragement, when two rebels attacked; Lieut. Parsons killed the sabre-wielding rebel, but the other shot Davis fatally.