Holograph manuscript by Davis recounting his Civil War service as a Union cavalryman in Company F of the Sixth Cavalry from 1861 to 1864. Topics include camp life; military engagements in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania; and Davis's incarceration in the Confederate prison on Belle Isle in the James River at Richmond, Va.
Union cavalryman.
Collection material in English.
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United States. Army --Military life. United States. Army. Cavalry, 6th. Belle Isle (Prison)
Prisoners of war--Virginia--Richmond.
Maryland--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865 Pennsylvania--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865 Virginia--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. United States--History--Prisoners and prisons.--Civil War, 1861-1865