From The Greensborough Patriot
June 19, 1862 – Pg. 2
Col.
C. T. N. Davis.
We
are pained to learn that Col. Champ Davis, of Rutherford, was killed in the
late battle near Richmond,
on Saturday last. The following dispatch
to his father in law, N. N. Nixon, Esq., appears in the Wilmington Journal of
Tuesday last:
“Richmond,
Va., June 2nd, 1862. Col. C.
T. N. Davis, of the 16th Regiment N. C. T., fell on the evening of
the 30th ult., in the fight on the Chickahominy whilst leading his regiment against the enemy’s
batteries. He was left on the
field. He was wounded three times before
he fell. His conduct was gallant and
glorious beyond all praise.”
“His
conduct was gallant and glorious beyond all praise.” Let this be inscribed upon the tomb. Wounded three times he still led his regiment
on, until he fell to rise no more.
Col.
Davis was a native of Halifax County, Va., and was about 35 years of age. He studied the profession of the law, and
settled in Burk County, in this State, where he soon obtained a strong hold on
the confidence of the people. He
represented the Burke district for one term in the State Senate; and, having
subsequently removed to the County of Rutherford, he was elected to the House
of Commons of the Legislature from that County.
Soon
after this State had separated from the old government, he volunteered as a
private in a Rutherford company, and was made Captain. As Captain of company G, 16th
regiment, he encountered all the perils and privations of the campaign in
Northwestern Virginia, during the past winter.
On the reorganization of the regiment he was elected Colonel, and it was
while leading the regiment in the battle near Richmond, that he lost his life. We knew him well. He was a noble-hearted, gallant
gentleman. He has fallen with his face
to the foe, in the full performance of his duty as a soldier and patriot. The recollection of his numerous virtues will
long be fresh in the hearts of his countrymen and friends.—Standard.
