Lincoln County, NC - Michael & Clara Lutz Davis

Michael and Clara Lutz Davis

Michael Huffstetler Davis, Lincolnton, (specifically Laboratory) NC, 
Civil War Company D, 71st NCT, Junior Reserves, 2nd Regiment, CSA. 
Michael Huffstetler Davis, of Laboratory, NC, served NC during the 
War Between the States as a Private in Company D, 71st NCT, Junior 
Reserves, 2nd Regiment, serving under, among others, Gen. Robert F. 
Hoke and Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. 

Originally enlisting at age 14, Mike Davis was 16 years and 3 months 
of age when he returned home to Laboratory after General Joseph E. 
Johnston surrendered his troops at Durham. He fought in the Battle 
of Wyse Creek and Bentonville in NC, as well as other battles and 
engagements. When the Civil War Memorial located on the Courthouse 
lawn was dedicated, Mike was in attendance for the ceremony. He also 
attended several Civil War Veteran Reunions and he is pictured in a 
photograph taken at a Civil War Veteran Reunion held by the UDC at 
Memorial Hall in Lincolnton. Michael is buried at Laboratory Methodist 
Church. His gravestone reads:

DAVIS M.H. OCTOBER 18 1844 FEBRUARY 21 1918 

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