Sam Davis
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sam-davis-165-18598949
title:
Sam Davis
text:
Sam Davis was a Confederate soldier executed by Union forces in Pulaski, Tennessee, during the American Civil War. He is popularly known as the Boy Hero of the Confederacy, although he was 21 when he died. He became a celebrated instance of Confederate memorialization in the late 1890s and early 1900s, eulogized by Middle Tennesseeans for his valor and sacrifice. Davis' story was popularized by editor J. B. Killebrew and later by Sumner Archibald Cunningham. Due in part to the story's themes of
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Confederate spy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Davis
date created:
2004-07-20T17:19:15Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T13:25:46Z
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13
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