An Ornament to His Country
Murray, Sharon A.![An Ornament to His Country](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/458/45820119/CHSBZCOP0345820119.jpg)
The life and military career of captain First United States Cavalry and colonel Eighth New York Volunteer Cavalry Benjamin Franklin Davis. Davis, a graduate of the United States Military Academy, born and raised in Alabama and Mississippi, stayed in the United States Army when the Civil War started. A brave, daring and resourceful officer he was instrumental in getting the United States Cavalry out of Harpers Ferry, Virginia on September 14, 1...