Joseph Claiborne Davis, Preparatory Department student, late 1850s

Joseph Claiborne Davis, younger brother of William Hoomes Davis and Richard Beale Davis, enlisted as a private in the "Richmond Howitzers," the 1st Company, Virginia Light Artillery. He was taken prisoner of war and was imprisoned at Hart's Island, NY, where he was released on June 20, 1865 upon taking the Oath of Allegiance. He returned to Virginia, attended the University of Virginia and then became a farmer. Davis died January 2, 1926 in Danville, VA and is buried in Blandfrod Cemetery in Petersburg, VA.