Davidson, Charles L. (Civil War Record)

DAVIDSON

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Date: 8/21/2013 at 16:35:29

U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
about Charles L Davidson

Name:
Charles L Davidson

Residence:
Iowa

Age at enlistment:
18

Enlistment Date:
15 Aug 1862

Rank at enlistment:
Private

State Served:
Iowa

Survived the War?:
Yes

Service Record:
Enlisted in Company A, Iowa 25th Infantry Regiment on 15 Aug 1862.Mustered out on 15 Mar 1864.Transferred to on 15 Mar 1864.Mustered out on 05 Jul 1865 at Harrisburg, PA.

Birth Date:
abt 1844

Sources:
Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion

Biography:
CHARLES L. DAVIDSON Charles L. Davidson was a native of Ohio, who came to Iowa at an early age and located in Washington County. In 1862, at the age of eighteen, he enlisted in Company A, Twenty fifth Iowa Infantry. In March, 1864, he was transferred to the Veterans Reserve Corps where he served until July, 1865. At the Seventeenth Annual Encampment of the Grand Army at Dubuque in 1891, Comrade Davidson, then a resident of Hull, Iowa, was selected as Department Commander. Few men have endeared themselves to their comrades more completely during their term of office as Commander than did Mr. Davidson, and few Commanders have been more highly praised than he at the end of his career in March, 1898. Past Department Commander Josiah Given said of him: "He was a brave soldier, he was a model citizen, he was a public officer that executed his duties, so that he rose even beyond suspicion; he was a Comrade true to every teaching of fraternity and of charity; loyal to friends, loyal to country and loyal to citizenship". Source: The Iowa Department of the Grand Army of the Republic Page 87