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Service Profile
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Service Era
- American Civil War, Siege of Vicksburg
- Medals Recorded
- 1
Awards & Decorations
Ribbon Rack
Biography
Charged with a volunteer storming party under heavy fire.
Martin K. Davis volunteered for the forlorn hope at Vicksburg. Born in Marion, Illinois, on March 12, 1843, he served as a sergeant in Company H, 116th Illinois Infantry.
On May 22, 1863, Davis joined the volunteer storming party sent ahead of the main Union assault against the Vicksburg defenses. The assignment exposed the volunteers to concentrated Confederate fire and heavy losses. Davis's gallantry in that charge was recognized with the Medal of Honor on July 26, 1894.
Medal of Honor Citation (condensed): Gallantry in the charge of the volunteer storming party at Vicksburg.
Davis died on December 14, 1936, at Demorest, Georgia, and was buried in Demorest Memorial Cemetery.
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