Bell County, Texas - Capt. S. G. Davidson

Submitted By: June E. Tuck, juneet@verizon.net
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From the files of June E. Tuck

DAVIDSON, S. G., Captain - On the 30th, at Fort Chadron, a scout, consisting
of two detachments, 20 and 30 men respectively, under the commands of Lt. R.
Cotter, and Capt. Davidson, and both under Lt. Col. Frost, Col. McCulloch's
mounted regiment, C.S.A., returned from a 20 days scout. A letter in the
State Gazette says: On the morning of the 23rd, near the head waters of the
Colorado, the party stuck a fresh trail, which they followed, and after
pursuing it several miles, they came in sight of seven red skins. They
charged the Indians and after a chase of five miles, a part of the scouts
were amongst them. The fight lasted about fifteen minutes, and resulted in
the death of Capt. S. G. Davidson, commander of company H, _Belton, and
Andrew J. McCarry, an excellent young man from Lockhart. The rest of the
Indians fell in the engagement, and one was badly wounded. (Galveston Weekly
News, July 23, 1861) Later reported - Capt. S. G. Davidson, of Bell county,
being in the advance of his division, he charged upon three Indians whom he
saw in the rear of the main party. When they saw him coming, they dismounted,
and stepping a few paces apart, awaited his approach, and as he rode after
and among them, discharging his six shooter, they shot him with three arrows.