This entry grew out of mention in my World War II blog that the Wilmington, N.C., newspaper announced on April 13, 1942, that New Hanover County's (Wilmington) last Confederate veteran died on at age 95.
MICHAEL MARTIN DAVIS (1846-1942) Died April 12, 1942. He lived to see World War II. There had been a photo of him and caption taken May 31, 1939.
He was born in Onslow County, N.C., and enlisted in 1863 at the age of 17. Served in Captain Humphry's Company A of the 35th North Carolina Infantry, commanded by Col. Simon Benjamin Taylor in General Ransom's Brigade.
Davis had lost his right arm at the Battle of the Crater at Petersburg, Virginia. He was buried at Bellevue Cemetery in Wilmington.
--Old Secesh
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