Allegheny County PA Archives Obituaries.....Davis, William H. N.  January 26, 1862
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Presbyterian banner. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 1860-1898: February 11, 1863
Died January 26th, 1862, William H. N., son of the late James H. Davis, in the 25th
year of his age. He was lovely in his youth, and patriotic and Christian in his
manhood. When his country called for soldiers to defend her national life, he left
Chartiers Valley, the home of his mother, and with the patriotism that had ever
characterized his father's and mother's families, he went with cheerful step, and
joined the 63d Penn'a. Regiment, then forming at Pittsburgh, in the Summer of 1861.
With that regiment, with his friend Capt. Brown, and Col. Hays, he endured fatigue
and peril until the 30th of June, when, at the battle of White Oak Swamp, he fell
into the hands of the enemy, wounded in his leg. 
Gen. Jackson, attracted by something in him, directed his rebel soldiers to place
him in a shed, and his surgeon to ease his pain. After remaining there five days, he
was taken to Savage Station, and from thence to Richmond, where he lay with rain
often pouring down upon him. On the exchange of prisoners, he was brought to the
hospital in Baltimore, and then he was nearly past relief, from neglect. Afterwards,
appearances became favorable, and hope animated his mother and only sister and
brothers, that he would yet return alive to their home, made desolate by
bereavement; and especially by the recent death of his brother Thomas, who, after
fighting heroically at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, was slain at the battle of
Shiloh. But apparent untoward occurrences and exhausted nature caused his limb to
tend toward mortification, and he expired on the morning of the 26th of January… His
remains were brought home to the paternal mansion, where after funeral exercises
having been performed, they were deposited in the cemetery of Mt. Pisgah church, to
await the resurrection morn.

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