Joseph R. Davis
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| Birth name | Joseph Robert Davis |
| Born |
January 12, 1825 Woodville, Mississippi |
| Died | September 15, 1896 (aged 71) Biloxi, Mississippi |
| Buried at | Biloxi, Mississippi |
| Allegiance |
 Confederate States
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| Service/branch |
 Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1861-1865 |
| Rank |
 Brigadier-General
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| Commands held | Davis' Brigade |
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| Spouse(s) | Frances Peyton (m. 1848, div. 1878) Margaret Green (m. 1879) |
| Relations | Isaac Davis (father) Susannah Gartley (mother) Varina Davis (daughter) Edith Davis (daughter) Jefferson Davis (uncle) |
| Other work | Lawyer |
Joseph R. Davis (January 12, 1825 – September 15, 1896) was a brigadier-general from Mississippi in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States.
Brigadier-General Joseph Robert Davis was born in Woodville, Mississippi on January 12, 1825, and was educated in Nashville and Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Trained in the law, he practiced his profession in Madison County, Mississippi, and was elected to the Mississippi State Senate in 1860.
Entering the Confederate service as Captain of Militia from Madison County, Mississippi, Davis was soon made Lieutenant-Colonel of the Tenth Regiment, Mississippi Volunteers, after which he served on the military staff of his uncle, President Jefferson Davis, in Richmond as an aide de camp with the rank of Colonel of Cavalry.Commissioned a brigadier-general to rank from September 15, 1862, and confirmed by the Senate only after charges of nepotism were freely aired and his nomination once rejected, Davis was assigned a brigade in Heth's Division, Army of Northern Virginia, which he led through some of the bitterest battles of the war. He fought at Gettysburg (where his command formed a support to Pickett in the celebrated third day), in the Wilderness Campaign, and at the siege of Petersburg.
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