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Sam Davis statue dedication honors Tennessee scout hero
Thousands at Capitol Hill Tennessee gather as Gov Patterson accepts a bronze statue of Samuel Davis born 1842 near Murfreesboro. Davis refused to betray war secrets, chose death as a spy after a court martial, while Shaw and Brown faced similar fates. He wrote his mother from Pulaski prison before the hanging, a tale of duty, courage, and ultimate sacrifice.
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Nashville
Sam
Shaw
Sam Davis
Tennessee
Capitol Hill
Maj. BE. ©. Lewis
Monument Commission
Guv. M. R. Patterson
J. H. McNeally
Elizabeth King Davis
Country
Liberty
Zolney
Louis
Ibis
Capitol Grounds
Fiov
Patterson
Gov
Horsehawk
San Davis
Old Military Institute
Seaboard
Jackson
Bam Davis
Murfreesboro
Rutherford County
Teen
Pulaski
First Tennessee Regiment
Cheatam
Capt. Shaw
Davis
Bragg
Missionary Ridge
Pastaskine
Kansas
Sade
Dodge
Davi
Gen. Dodge
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Davis Lid
Giles County
Dean
Brown
Arthur
Round Table
Julius Caesar
Fate
Joshua Brown
Damon
Pythias
Dionysius
Earth
Heaven