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George Whitefield Davis (
1839 –
July 21,
1918) was an
engineer and
Major General in the
United States Army. He also served as a military
Governor of Puerto Rico and as the first military
Governor of the Panama Canal Zone.
Davis, born in the village of
Thompson, Connecticut, first entered the military during the
Civil War, when he joined with the volunteer 11th Connecticut Infantry as a
Company Quartermaster Sergeant, the same position that his grandfather served in during the
American Revolution. During the course of the war, he fought in several major battles, including
Antietam, and worked his way up in rank in the volunteer force to major general. After the war, he joined the
Regular Army's 14th U.S. Infantry and worked his way in rank again to major general.
As a
captain, Davis was an assistant engineer on the construction project to build the
Washington Monument, and was among the featured guests at the dedication ceremony in 1885. "It was Capt. Davis who arranged and perfected all the elevating machinery that carried the stones one after another from the surface of the earth as they went up toward the sky. It was his skill and rare ingenuity that invented the machinery which was so vitally important as a most efficient agent in the rapid and successful prosecution of the work. In the important matter of strengthening and perfecting the foundation of the monument the suggestions and assistance of Capt. Davis were invaluable."
Davis was vice-president of the construction company that was to build the
Nicaragua Canal and chairman of the international board of consulting engineers on the
Panama Canal. In 1895, he filled on opening on the Antietam Battlefield Board that helped oversee the preservation and monumentation of that historic place, culminating in the establishment of the
Antietam National Battlefield.
During the period of May 1898 until Mar 1899, Davis commanded the 2nd Division of the Second Corps of the US Army at
Camp Alger Virginia,
Thoroughfare Gap Virginia,
Camp Meade Pennsylvania, and
Camp Fornance South Carolina.
He was a chairman of the central committee of the
American Red Cross from 1907 to 1915.
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