[New York] Davies, Thomas A - Unit: 16th Infantry, Company: Staff - Enlistment Rank: Colonel, Discharge Rank: Colonel
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Davies, Thomas Alfred, 1809-1899
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Davies was born in 1809 near Black Lake, located in St. Lawrence County, New York. He spent his childhood and early youth in his father's farm and received common education from the local schools. He entered the United States Military Academy on July 1, 1825, and graduated on July 1, 1829, ranked twenty-fifth. Future high-ranking Confederates in the class of 1829 were Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, and Theophilus H. Holmes. Davies was commissioned in the 1st U.S. Infantry on the Wisconsin fr...
