Sam Davis

Description: (Confederate Soldier Who was Executed by Union Forces and Remembered for His Courage and Loyalty)
Sam Davis was a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War and gained fame as the Boy Hero of the Confederacy for his valor and sacrifice. His story was popularized by editor J. B. Killebrew and later by Sumner Archibald Cunningham. Davis' professional life was characterized by his service in the Confederate forces, which ultimately led to his execution by Union forces in Pulaski, Tennessee. He became a celebrated figure in Confederate memorialization, embodying themes of piety and masculinity that fit into the postwar South's "Lost Cause" mythology.

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Birthday October 6, 1842 (Libra)
Born In Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States
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Died on November 27, 1863
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