This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DAVIDSON Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FNR.2ACEB/3259 Message Board Post: Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/mohciv.htm Note: This is not my ancestry. I am just passing along information that may be useful. DAVIDSON, ANDREW Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company H, 30th U.S. Colored Troops. Place and date: At the mine, Petersburg, Va., 30 July 1864. Entered service at: Otsego County, N.Y. Born: 12 February 1840, Scotland. Date of issue: 17 October 1892. Citation: One of the first to enter the enemy's works, where, after his colonel, major, and one-third the company officers had fallen, he gallantly assisted in rallying and saving the remnant of the command.