Thanks, however, I am in no way an expert on the Gen. Lyon disaster. In this case, I thought perphaps, that Davis had left a family and had filed for a Widow’s/Minor’s pension.

This proved correct and their pension application papers confimred his death on the Gen. Lyon,

These papers are found at the National Archives and are available on line through the subscription service, Fold3 at:

Civil War "Widows' Pensions"
Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861 - ca. 1910
http://www.fold3.com

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Sometimes pension documents can be found at Ancestry.com in their Military Collection, see

http://search.ancestry.com/search/category.aspx?cat=39

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Rarely, but sometimes, death information on individuals can be found at another subscription service, the American Civil War Research Database

You can get a trial subscription and see how it works

http://www.civilwardata.com

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Another hit or miss method on finding soldier information is through Goggle searches,

Try Civil War Soldier A. B. Cee, or
Federal Civil War Soldier A. B. Cee, or
Iowa Civil War Soldier A. B. Cee, etc.

Sometimes you will hit Gold!

Good hunting,

George