DAY, CHARLES - Medal of Honor Recipient


Rank and organization:   Private, Company K, 210th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Place and date:   At Hatchers Run, Va., 6 February 1865. Entered service at: Lycoming County, Pa.

Birth:   Otsego County, N.Y.

Date of issue:   20 July 1897.

Citation:   Seized the colors of another regiment of the brigade, the regiment having been thrown into confusion and the color bearer killed, and bore said colors throughout the remainder of the engagement.

This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)