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  Georgia Civil War Commission: The Jefferson Davis Society
Whether the shrine is a cemetery, a tomb, a museum, a statue, a monument, a library, or an object in whatever form and whether it is located in the united states or elsewhere, it is the purpose of the society to preserve and protect it with all the resources that it has.
Jefferson Davis attended the inauguration of General Pierce in March 1853 and was persuaded by public opinion to accept the office of Secretary of War.
May we never forget that Jefferson Davis, even though a leader of "a cause that lost", as President of the Confederate States of America was indeed the commander-in-Chief of the Army, Navy, and several state militias of a government whose history proved to have fought one of the mightiest wars of modern time.
www.state.ga.us /civilwar/davis.html   (1465 words)

  
 Full Citations of Living Recipients D
Davis' extraordinary heroism, at the risk of his life, are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the U.S. Army.
S/Sgt. Dix, with a patrol of Vietnamese soldiers, was recalled to assist in the defense of Chau Phu.
He defied the enemy fire to personally carry a seriously wounded soldier to safety where he could be treated and, returning to the forward area, he crawled through withering fire to within 50 meters of the enemy bunkers and threw smoke grenades to mark them for air strikes.
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 Wilson's Creek NB: The Ray House
While none of the Ray family were injured or killed as a result of the battle, the war's effects would not leave the Rays for the rest of their lives.
The Ray House was built on the Wire or Telegraph Road, which ran from Jefferson City, Missouri to Fort Smith, Arkansas, passing through the towns of Springfield and Fayetteville.
Rhoda resided with the Rays until 1876, and then moved to Springfield, where she died in 1897.John Ray was a "typical" slaveholder in Missouri in 1860.
www.nps.gov /wicr/ray.html   (1452 words)

  
 Davis, Sammy L.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Davis (then Pfc.) distinguished himself during the early morning hours while serving as a cannoneer with battery C at a remote fire support base.
While the most seriously wounded soldier was helped across the river, Sgt. Davis protected the 2 remaining casualties until he could pull them across the river to the fire support base.
Davis' extraordinary heroism, at the risk of his life, are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the U.S. Army.
www.mishalov.com /Davis_S.html   (949 words)

  
 Brother charged in death 06/10/05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Troy Ray Davis, 37, whose last known address was 3429 N.W. Kendall, was charged with felony first-degree murder in the death of Melanie Dreasher, 28, and reckless aggravated battery for the injury of Chad Brian Sarnstrom, 34, who suffered serious burns.
Davis also was charged with aggravated arson -- intentionally setting a fire in the house when Dreasher and Sarnstrom were inside -- and aggravated assault of Dreasher and Sarnstrom, Shawnee County District Attorney Robert Hecht said Thursday in a written statement.
Davis was treated at a local hospital and released on the day of the fire, and Sarnstrom also was taken to the KU hospital.
www.cjonline.com /stories/061005/loc_davis.shtml   (513 words)

  
 Sgt-Paul-Ray-Smith
Sergeant Smith, 33, was one of 38 soldiers from the Third Infantry Division killed in the war or its aftermath, along with four others from other units who fought with the division.
Soldiers like Smith who trained and fought in the drab deserts of Kuwait and Iraq missed the lush greenery of South Georgia so much they sometimes asked family members here to send them photographs of grass and trees.
Each of the 34 fallen soldiers was represented on the field by a pair of combat boots, an M-16 rifle, a helmet bearing his name and a set of dog tags, which chimed loudly against the metal of the rifle barrels throughout the ceremony.
www.brandonblog.com /Sgt-Paul-Ray-Smith.html   (1659 words)

  
 About Ray Winstone - Older News
Ray's new film Sexy Beast is scheduled to have a UK release on 12 January 2001.
Ray starred in a family fantasy drama on 22 December 99 on BBC1 called Last Christmas, in which he played Neville, a trainee angel come back to earth to help his young son come to terms with his death.
Ray was seen on UK television in the four-part BBC TV series Births, Marriages and Deaths which began on 22 February 1999 (and which also stars Phil Davis, who worked with Ray in Robin of Sherwood and Face).
www.copperlily.com /AboutRayWinstone/RWnewsold.htm   (5530 words)

  
 Justin R. Davis, Private First Class, United States Army
Davis was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York.
Davis considered his own unit -- Alpha Company of the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment of the 10th Mountain Division, based in Fort Drum, N.Y. -- to be an elite outfit and was proud to be an infantryman in one of the Army's most frequently deployed formations.
Davis said she had been told that he was in a "hostile environment" but did not know what happened.
www.arlingtoncemetery.net /jrdavis.htm   (2433 words)

  
 The Valve - A Literary Organ | Posts by Ray   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Posted by Ray Davis on 05/07/06 at 11:07 PM (The bulk of an earlier version of this entry began as a private email message, and it should have stayed that way.
What Goes On Posted by Ray Davis on 12/24/05 at 05:49 PM "It was exactly as if she had been there by the operation of my intelligence, or even by that — in a still happier way — of my feeling.
Posted by Ray Davis on 12/01/05 at 10:15 PM Chandler Davis, full time mathematician, sometime fiction writer, and lifelong political activist lost his career in American academia for the third quality.
www.thevalve.org /go/valve/archive_author/raydavis/Ray   (3512 words)

  
 The definitive Ray Davies interview | MetaFilter
Ray Davies is the man that Morrissey thinks he is. That is all.
Ray Davies was the frontman for the Kinks, one of the most underrated bands of all time.
If Davies had not taken the songwriting risks that he had with "Autumn Almanac," then it's doubtful that Radiohead could have gotten away with "Paranoid Android" twenty or so years later, which essentially did the same thing structurally, albeit with less of a jarring major/minor shift screwing around with your emotions.
www.metafilter.com /29553/The-definitive-Ray-Davies-interview   (1253 words)

  
 David Ray, HM2, Navy, Mc Minnville TN, 19Mar69 29W082 - The Virtual Wall®
HM2 Ray was reportedly killed when the Marine unit to which he was attached was over run on March 18.
While the information given the family was limited, a letter written by Tommy Vickers, a close friend of Ray's now serving as an operating room technician at Da Nang, states that Ray was killed while treating the wounded, but had continued to treat the more seriously injured until he was hit the second time.
Ray received his hospital training in San Diego and underwent field training at Camp Pendleton, Calif. In addition to his parents, Ray is survived by a sister, Mrs.
www.virtualwall.org /dr/RayDR01a.htm   (1734 words)

  
 Richard Harding Davis
Davis was born April 18,1864 in Philadelphia, to Lemuel Clarke Davis, editorial writer on The Philadelphia Inquirer, and novelist Rebecca Harding Davis.
Davis demurred, however, and accepted instead one of the three honorary memberships ever given by the Rough Riders.
Later, Davis would be the surprised recipient, along with three other correspondents, of the surrender of the Puerto Rican town of Coamo.
www.spanamwar.com /davis.htm   (1979 words)

  
 New Hampshire's Last Civil War Veterans
He fought through the storming fury of the siege of Petersburg and escaped the fate of hundreds of Union soldiers in the charge after the famous mine was exploded and with the remnant of his proud old regiment, carried the first Union colors into Richmond when the rebel capitol surrendered.
Charles F. Davis, former Police Chief of Somersworth and the last member of the local Grand Army of the Republic, passed away July 9,1937, thus adding another post to that vast army of the G.A.R., who have fought their battles, completed their rolls, and past into history.
Davis has been remarkably active and enjoyed excellent health until within a few weeks and death came suddenly after a short period of illness.
www.cwcanneycamp5.org /Lastsoldier.htm   (2140 words)

  
 Books on Buffalo Soldiers
The Buffalo Soldiers: A Narrative of the Negro Cavalry in the West Revised
Soldiers and Officers of the Ninth Cavalry, 1867-1898 by Charles L. Kenner.
Several days later three fl soldiers rode into Fort Concho and reported that the men and officers of Troop A were missing and presumed dead from thirst.
www.nps.gov /archive/foda/Fort_Davis_WEB_PAGE/About_the_Fort/Books_on_Buffalo_Soldiers.htm   (922 words)

  
 The Valve - A Literary Organ | Playstationed
The tin soldier stood there, brightly lit, and felt a terrible heat, but whether it was from the actual fire or from love, he didn't know.
The troll-in-the-snuff-box curses the soldier for the fixity of his male gaze, its object a similarly immobile paper ballerina en pointe.
It is the *troll* who encourages the soldier to be thrown into the fire, after all, and I had been attacking your opinions, which I had characterized as rather one-legged, rather vociferously.
www.thevalve.org /go/valve/article/playstationed   (3228 words)

  
 Medics Always On Call, Ready to Provide Aid - DefendAmerica News Article
The evacuation section’s primary responsibility is to provide ground evacuation assets to injured soldiers on the ground and provide immediate medical treatment, while simultaneously transporting them to combat support hospitals in the brigade’s area of operations.
Davis’ responsibilities range from the screening of patients at Forward Operating Base Falcon to providing trauma care to soldiers injured performing their mission.
According to Davis, the high operational tempo has kept the “Blacksmith” medics of the 704th Support Battalion on the alert and awaiting their next mission.
www.defendamerica.mil /articles/june2006/a062306tj2.html   (754 words)

  
 Iowa History Timeline
James Baird Weaver of Bloomfield (Davis County, Iowa) was a Civil War general, a congressman, an historian, a lawyer, and a leading temperance orator.
Camp Dodge served as the major training center for African-American officers during World War I. Merle Hay was arguably the first American soldier killed in combat in World War I. He was one of three soldiers killed simultaneously in France by a shell explosion.
It was during the administration of Governor Ray that the term lengths were changed from 2 years to 4 years, although the first two governors of the State of Iowa also served 4 year terms.
www.e-referencedesk.com /resources/state-history-timeline/iowa.html   (4119 words)

  
 Gaithersburg soldier killed in Afghanistan
When Paula Davis spoke by telephone to her son around Memorial Day, she told him there would be a surprise waiting when he returned in August to his Gaithersburg home from where he’d been serving with the Army in Afghanistan.
But Justin Davis, whose mother said he was ‘‘excited about coming home,” would neither see the new basement nor hear his mother’s voice again, as the 19-year-old infantryman was killed about a month later during combat patrol.
Davis had been assigned to the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Divison, of Fort Drum, N.Y. ‘‘We had serious debates as to whether he should join the military because of the war that was going on,” Paula said.
www.gazette.net /stories/070506/gaitnew161053_31958.shtml   (661 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Behind the Blue and Gray: The Soldier's Life in the Civil War (Young Reader's Hist- Civil War): Books: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Ray is an excellent narrator and has chosen many informative, perceptive personal accounts upon which to base her work.
Here, Ray discusses the soldiers' personal experiences: their early enthusiasm; the conditions they found in the armies on either side; their tempering under war's ordeals; roles played by diverse national groups; the hardships of hospitals and POW camps; the feelings of returning veterans.
She covers such interesting items as what soldiers ate, how they drilled, their various living quarters, what they did for enjoyment, their attitudes toward their commanders, soldiers of other nationalities, and the enemy.
www.amazon.com /Behind-Blue-Gray-Soldiers-Readers/dp/0140383042   (1506 words)

  
 JaynaDavis.com
Davis had done a six-year investigation beginning on the day of the bombing, documenting a cell of Middle Eastern individuals operating in Oklahoma City under suspicious circumstances.
While Terry Nichols, already convicted on federal charges in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, returned to court Monday to face the state's case against him, the government was squirming to squelch evidence that Nichols and Timothy McVeigh did not act by themselves.
Nichols' attorneys asked Judge Ray Dean Linder if former FBI Agent Dan Vogel could testify that he had received 22 affidavits from Oklahomans who had seen McVeigh in the company of Middle Eastern men in the months, weeks, and days leading up to the bombing, and on the day of the attack.
www.jaynadavis.com /is.html   (1440 words)

  
 FrontPage magazine.com :: Military Families’ Voice of Victory by Jamie Glazov
It was heart breaking as the first soldiers rounded the corner and were met by Americans waving flags and cheering.
From having conversations with soldiers returning from Iraq and listening to what the mainstream media reports from Iraq, it is my conclusion the biggest threat to the spread of democracy in the Middle East is America's will to finish the job.
FP: Ray Davis, it was an honor to speak with you.
www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=19485   (2428 words)

  
 Ray Davis, SGT, Army, Enid OK, 14Jul69 21W117 - The Virtual Wall®   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
She went to school with him and when he was around, he was always a very nice guy.
Ray and I were best friends in High School.
Although I did not know Sergeant Davis personally, I grew up in the community that he was from.
www.virtualwall.org /dd/DavisRG01a.htm   (252 words)

  
 Al Beagan's "Genealogy Notes" / Soldiers in Newfoundland
In his first winter some inhabitants charged him with having ``caused a woman to be whipped within the fort at St. John's and otherwise ill used by the soldiers, that she died within fourteen days'' (Lloyd cited in O'Neill).
Upon this, the enemy committed many barbarities and sent several threatenings; but they had no influence on either officers or soldiers, for they plied their bombs and mortar pieces to so good effect, that they killed several, and lost but three in the whole engagement.
When the soldiers went to investigate Cambell's complaint, they found the muskets and ammunition belonging to the fort Mahany could not account for.
members.tripod.com /~Al_Beagan/soldier.htm   (12274 words)

  
 The 'Forgotton War' Remembered
Davis, appointed by President Reagan to serve on the Korean War Veterans Memorial in 1987, presided at the dedication, held to coincide with the armistice that ended the war on July 27, 1953.
Davis received the Medal of Honor for a courageous eight-mile advance through Chinese-held territory to rescue a company of men cut off and surrounded by the enemy.
Davis, the former Knox Hefner, married for 53 years, have three children and seven grandchildren.
gtalumni.org /news/ttopics/fall95/davis.html   (883 words)

  
 Family Database - Person Page 33   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Obtained by Alvy Ray Smith from Ophelia Fink at an Israel Hargreaves family reunion in Kenedy TX.
He was the son of William Davis and Charlotte King.
She was the daughter of William Davis and Charlotte King.
alvyray.com /Family/dag/all-p/p33.htm   (2773 words)

  
 ChicagoRay
Here is a live thread at Free Republic from the above conference thanks to the patriots there defending our soldiers and their mission against the treasonous lefties on the other side of the capital today.
That's all one can say after paying attention to the types of things that are occurring day in and day out in the war there on Christianity and it's beliefs and the proud coronation of everything but and what used to be deemed abnormal as the new order of the day.
If you are interested by anything here on the blog and wish to know how I achieved it or where I got the tools to build it feel free to send me an email and I will be glad to share anything I can to answer your questions.
chicagoray.blogspot.com   (3735 words)

  
 National Register Nomination - Battle of Sacramento
Optimistic about their ability to withstand further attacks, Crittenden later reported that the Union force was doing well until a young private screamed "Retreat to Sacramento." The Union troops turned and ran toward Sacramento despite their officers' attempts to stop them.
Sacramento was not a safe haven as Southern sympathizers in the village fired on the Union soldiers forces from their businesses and houses.
In the midst of the chase Forrest was engaged in hand-to-hand combat with a Union soldier and was unaware of a second soldier approaching him from the rear.
campus.murraystate.edu /academic/faculty/Bill.Mulligan/nr-sac.htm   (3531 words)

  
 Template   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
He retired from active duty in 1960 as the most decorated soldier in the ROK Army.
Millett was a captain, and Davis held the rank of lieutenant colonel when they were awarded the medals.
It is the latest in a series of commemorative events that began in 2000 and are sponsored by the General Douglas MacArthur Foundation.
korea50.army.mil /media/newsrelease/newsrelease_02-36.html   (257 words)

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