★★★ Davis, Champion T. N.

Champion Thomas Neal "Champ" Davis​

Born: June 16, 1827

Birthplace: Halifax County, Virginia

Father: Champion Thomas Neal Davis Sr. 1796 – 1837

Mother: Susanna Coles Marbles 1798 – 1861

Wife: Mira E. McDowell 1827 – 1853

(Buried: Rutherfordton City Cemetery, Rutherfordton, North Carolina)​

Wife: Eliza Christian Nixon 1829 – 1902

(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)​

Children:

Mary Susan Davis Forney 1851 – 1893​

(Buried: Rutherfordton City Cemetery, Rutherfordton, North Carolina)​

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Elizabeth "Lillie" Shearman Davis Emerson 1858 – 1895​

(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Burke County, North Carolina​

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1854 – 1856: North Carolina State Senator​

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Member of North Carolina State House of Commons

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Whig/Know Nothing Party Leader in North Carolina​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Captain of Company G, 16th​ North Carolina Infantry​

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1862: Colonel of 16th​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Killed in Battle during the Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia​

Died: May 31, 1862

Place of Death: Seven Pines Henrico County, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 34 years old

Monument Place: Rutherfordton City Cemetery, Rutherfordton, North Carolina

Monument Place: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina

Possible Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia

 

[Pollaco]

The 16th North Carolina was originally the 6th North Carolina Volunteers and was a 12 month unit. They were known as the "Burke Tigers". Among it's colonels is listed a Col. Stephen Lee. I doubt it's Stepen D. Lee as he was from South Carolina and in the artillery.