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Henry Brevard Davidson
Henry Brevard Davidson (January 28, 1831 – March 4, 1899) was a career soldier who served as an officer in the United States Army in the West and later was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He commanded brigades of cavalry in the Western Theater, particularly in Tennessee and Georgia.
==Early life and career==
Davidson was born in rural Shelbyville, Tennessee, in the winter of 1831.〔''Tennessee Historical Markers'', p. 153.〕 He was educated in the common schools and following the outbreak of the Mexican-American War, joined the 1st Tennessee Volunteer Infantry as a private in June 1846. He was decorated for gallantry at the Battle of Monterey and promoted to sergeant before being discharged May 1847. 〔(Historical Register and Dictionary of the US Army )〕 He received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and graduated from the academy in 1853 ranking 33rd in his class.〔Welsh, p. 51.〕 Among his classmates were future Confederate generals John S. Bowen, John Bell Hood, and John R. Chambliss, Jr..〔Patterson, p. 162.〕
He subsequently received a brevet commission as a second lieutenant in the First Dragoons. Between 1855 to 1858, he served in Oregon and the New Mexico Territory as part of the forces often involved in engagements with Native American Indians. In 1858, he transferred to the quartermaster department.
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