Grafton County NH Archives Biographies.....Davis, M. B. 1837 - 
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M.B. Davis, attorney at law, was born in Grafton county, N.H., in 1837; enlisted
in the late war in 1861 in Co. I, 1st R.I.C.; served in that regiment two years,
and then enlisted in Co. I, 1st N.H.C., and served from March, 1863, to August
1865; enlisted as a private, and came out a commissioned officer. He was taken
prisoner at Paris, Va., and exchanged at the end of four weeks, and again taken
prisoner at Winchester, Va., and escaped and reached the Union army at Harper's
Ferry. He was again taken prisoner by Wade Hampton's troops, and taken to
Richmond, and removed to Castle Thunder; thence to Salisbury, N.C., and was
paroled in the spring of 1865 at Wilmington, N.C. He was engaged as a cavalry
scout most of the time during his service. He came to Fort Madison, Ia., in
1866, where he practiced law until 1875, when he came to this city and 

Additional Comments:
History of Western Iowa: Its settlement and Growth; Sioux City 1882
Section: Woodbury County: Sioux City Biographies


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