Civil War: Company C, 1st California Infantry
John Davis was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1834. He immigrated to the United States and headed for California. During the Civil War he enlisted as a corporal at Amador County August 18, 1861, and was mustered into Company C, 1st California Infantry, August 26. Corporal Davis marched with the California Column to New Mexico Territory. A military wagon train he was escorting from Fort Craig was attacked by hostile Indians October 31, 1862, and some supplies were lost to the Indians (War of the Rebellion, Chap. LXII. Operations on the Pacific Coast, pg. 224). Corporal Davis was mustered out for disability at Fort Marcy September 11, 1863. After the war he remained in New Mexico Territory and settled at Mesilla, where he married Augustina (maiden name unknown) and was employed as a mail contractor and postmaster (1870 US Census). John was an acquaintance of George O. Hand, with whom he had served in the 1st California Infantry during the Civil War. Besides his postmaster duties, John and his wife Augustina operated the Corn Exchange Hotel, which they opened in June 1874. Augustina continued to operate the hotel and restaurant well into the early 1900's. After serving as the Billy the Kid Museum, it was sold to George Griggs. His daughter Katy opened a restaurant in 1939 known was La Posta de Mesilla and it is quite famous. The old adobe building was constructed in the early 1840's. Fourteen years after his death, Augustina filed for a Civil War widow's pension in New Mexico August 6, 1890, and received application No. 464,333 and certificate No. 366,620.
John Davis was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1834. He immigrated to the United States and headed for California. During the Civil War he enlisted as a corporal at Amador County August 18, 1861, and was mustered into Company C, 1st California Infantry, August 26. Corporal Davis marched with the California Column to New Mexico Territory. A military wagon train he was escorting from Fort Craig was attacked by hostile Indians October 31, 1862, and some supplies were lost to the Indians (War of the Rebellion, Chap. LXII. Operations on the Pacific Coast, pg. 224). Corporal Davis was mustered out for disability at Fort Marcy September 11, 1863. After the war he remained in New Mexico Territory and settled at Mesilla, where he married Augustina (maiden name unknown) and was employed as a mail contractor and postmaster (1870 US Census). John was an acquaintance of George O. Hand, with whom he had served in the 1st California Infantry during the Civil War. Besides his postmaster duties, John and his wife Augustina operated the Corn Exchange Hotel, which they opened in June 1874. Augustina continued to operate the hotel and restaurant well into the early 1900's. After serving as the Billy the Kid Museum, it was sold to George Griggs. His daughter Katy opened a restaurant in 1939 known was La Posta de Mesilla and it is quite famous. The old adobe building was constructed in the early 1840's. Fourteen years after his death, Augustina filed for a Civil War widow's pension in New Mexico August 6, 1890, and received application No. 464,333 and certificate No. 366,620.
Civil War: Company C, 1st California Infantry
John Davis was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1834. He immigrated to the United States and headed for California. During the Civil War he enlisted as a corporal at Amador County August 18, 1861, and was mustered into Company C, 1st California Infantry, August 26. Corporal Davis marched with the California Column to New Mexico Territory. A military wagon train he was escorting from Fort Craig was attacked by hostile Indians October 31, 1862, and some supplies were lost to the Indians (War of the Rebellion, Chap. LXII. Operations on the Pacific Coast, pg. 224). Corporal Davis was mustered out for disability at Fort Marcy September 11, 1863. After the war he remained in New Mexico Territory and settled at Mesilla, where he married Augustina (maiden name unknown) and was employed as a mail contractor and postmaster (1870 US Census). John was an acquaintance of George O. Hand, with whom he had served in the 1st California Infantry during the Civil War. Besides his postmaster duties, John and his wife Augustina operated the Corn Exchange Hotel, which they opened in June 1874. Augustina continued to operate the hotel and restaurant well into the early 1900's. After serving as the Billy the Kid Museum, it was sold to George Griggs. His daughter Katy opened a restaurant in 1939 known was La Posta de Mesilla and it is quite famous. The old adobe building was constructed in the early 1840's. Fourteen years after his death, Augustina filed for a Civil War widow's pension in New Mexico August 6, 1890, and received application No. 464,333 and certificate No. 366,620.
John Davis was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1834. He immigrated to the United States and headed for California. During the Civil War he enlisted as a corporal at Amador County August 18, 1861, and was mustered into Company C, 1st California Infantry, August 26. Corporal Davis marched with the California Column to New Mexico Territory. A military wagon train he was escorting from Fort Craig was attacked by hostile Indians October 31, 1862, and some supplies were lost to the Indians (War of the Rebellion, Chap. LXII. Operations on the Pacific Coast, pg. 224). Corporal Davis was mustered out for disability at Fort Marcy September 11, 1863. After the war he remained in New Mexico Territory and settled at Mesilla, where he married Augustina (maiden name unknown) and was employed as a mail contractor and postmaster (1870 US Census). John was an acquaintance of George O. Hand, with whom he had served in the 1st California Infantry during the Civil War. Besides his postmaster duties, John and his wife Augustina operated the Corn Exchange Hotel, which they opened in June 1874. Augustina continued to operate the hotel and restaurant well into the early 1900's. After serving as the Billy the Kid Museum, it was sold to George Griggs. His daughter Katy opened a restaurant in 1939 known was La Posta de Mesilla and it is quite famous. The old adobe building was constructed in the early 1840's. Fourteen years after his death, Augustina filed for a Civil War widow's pension in New Mexico August 6, 1890, and received application No. 464,333 and certificate No. 366,620.
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