Richard Beale Davis, brother of William Hoomes Davis and Joseph Claiborne Davis, enlisted as a private in Company E of the 12th Virginia Infantry on April 2, 1862. He was wounded by a shell two months later on June 2, 1862 at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA. He was wounded again, in the right arm, on July 30, 1864 in Petersburg, VA during the Battle of the Crater. He surrendered with the remnants of his company at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
After the war, Davis attended the University of Virginia and became a lawyer in Petersburg, VA. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1875-1877 and 1901-1903, and also served as a trustee of Randolph-Macon College. He died July 11, 1917 and is buried in Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg, VA.
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