b. 12/02/1840 Morebattle, Scotland. d. 10/11/1902 Bath, New York.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 30/07/1864 Petersburg, Virginia.
Andrew Davidson MOH
Davidson was born in Morebattle, Scotland on 12 February 1840. He enlisted with the 121st New York Infantry on 23 August 1862. He was promoted to regimental Sergeant Major He was transferred to the 30th U.S. Colored Troops on 18 March 1864, where he was promoted to First Lieutenant and later Regimental Adjutant on May 1, 1864. It was in this capacity that he performed the act of gallantry on 30 July 1864 that later earned him the Medal of Honor. By 10 December 1865 when Davidson was mustered out of the service, he had been promoted to Captain and commander of Company B within his regiment.
After the war he was editor for a local newspaper, the Otsego Republican. He also served as a member of the New York State Senate from 1884 to 1885. He would later serve as a Senator in the New York State Senate, and was appointed as Commandant of the New York State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home in Bath, New York. His Medal was awarded to him on October 17, 1892.
MOH 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.
BURIAL LOCATION: LAKEWOOD CEMETERY, COOPERSTOWN, NEW YORK.
LOT 1005.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
