The life and military career of captain First United States Cavalry and colonel Eighth New York Volunteer Cavalry Benjamin Franklin Davis. Davis, a graduate of the United States Military Academy, born and raised in Alabama and Mississippi, stayed in the United States Army when the Civil War started. A brave, daring and resourceful officer he was instrumental in getting the United States Cavalry out of Harpers Ferry, Virginia on September 14, 1862...
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