Son of Stephen H. and Clara (Demeritt) Davis.
Co. E, 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
He was taken prisoner at Ball's Bluff on October 21, 1861 and was held at Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He was paroled in mid-late February 1862 and returned home to Leicester.
He died of consumption contracted as a prisoner of war, and his grave stone carries the note that he was "Starved at Libby Prison."
Note: William was the first and youngest of three Davis brothers to die in Co. E of the 15th Massachusetts.
In the autumn of 1862, his brother Alfred W. Davis died as a result of wounds at the Battle of Antietam. He is buried there.
Two years later in May 1864, his brother George P. Davis died at the Battle of the Wilderness.
Co. E, 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
He was taken prisoner at Ball's Bluff on October 21, 1861 and was held at Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He was paroled in mid-late February 1862 and returned home to Leicester.
He died of consumption contracted as a prisoner of war, and his grave stone carries the note that he was "Starved at Libby Prison."
Note: William was the first and youngest of three Davis brothers to die in Co. E of the 15th Massachusetts.
In the autumn of 1862, his brother Alfred W. Davis died as a result of wounds at the Battle of Antietam. He is buried there.
Two years later in May 1864, his brother George P. Davis died at the Battle of the Wilderness.
Son of Stephen H. and Clara (Demeritt) Davis.
Co. E, 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
He was taken prisoner at Ball's Bluff on October 21, 1861 and was held at Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He was paroled in mid-late February 1862 and returned home to Leicester.
He died of consumption contracted as a prisoner of war, and his grave stone carries the note that he was "Starved at Libby Prison."
Note: William was the first and youngest of three Davis brothers to die in Co. E of the 15th Massachusetts.
In the autumn of 1862, his brother Alfred W. Davis died as a result of wounds at the Battle of Antietam. He is buried there.
Two years later in May 1864, his brother George P. Davis died at the Battle of the Wilderness.
Co. E, 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
He was taken prisoner at Ball's Bluff on October 21, 1861 and was held at Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He was paroled in mid-late February 1862 and returned home to Leicester.
He died of consumption contracted as a prisoner of war, and his grave stone carries the note that he was "Starved at Libby Prison."
Note: William was the first and youngest of three Davis brothers to die in Co. E of the 15th Massachusetts.
In the autumn of 1862, his brother Alfred W. Davis died as a result of wounds at the Battle of Antietam. He is buried there.
Two years later in May 1864, his brother George P. Davis died at the Battle of the Wilderness.
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