Henry Brevard Davidson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American general
Date of Birth: 28-Jan-1831
Place of Birth: Tennessee, United States
Date of Death: 04-Mar-1899
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Henry Brevard Davidson
- Henry Brevard Davidson (January 28, 1831 – March 4, 1899) was a graduate of the United States Military Academy and an officer in the United States Army in the West before the American Civil War.
- At the outbreak of the war, he resigned his commission and served in various staff positions in the Confederate States Army.
- On August 18, 1863, he was promoted to brigadier general and first commanded brigades of cavalry in the Western Theater, particularly in Tennessee and Georgia.
- In 1864, he was transferred to Virginia and served in the Valley Campaigns of 1864.
- At the end of the war, he served under General Joseph E.
- Johnston in the Carolina Campaign.
- After the war, he became a civil engineer in California and in 1887 was deputy secretary of state in California.
- Later in life, he was an agent for the Southern Pacific Railroad in Danville, California.
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