Thomas J. Davidson
Enlisted on 9/1/1861 as a Colonel.
On 9/1/1861 he was commissioned into Field & Staff MS 23rd Infantry
He died of disease as POW on 4/27/1862 at Fort Warren, MA
* POW 2/16/1862 Fort Donelson, TN
* Confined 2/20/1862 Camp Chase, OH (Estimated day)
* Confined 3/1/1862 Fort Warren, MA (Estimated date)

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
- Research by R. Ross Houston
- Field Officers, Regiments & Battalions of CS Army

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T. J. Davidson, Colonel, 23rd Mississippi Infantry, captured at Fort Donelson* February 16,1862, received at Camp Chase March 1, transferred to Fort Warren, Mass. April 16, died, April 29,1862, Diarrhoea (Acute), remains sent to his friends, body removed under flag of truce to Aiken’s Landing, Va., description: age 41, 5’ 10-1/2”, blue eyes, lt. brown hair, blue eyes

* Federal POW records identified his unit as the 3rd Mississippi Infantry

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi