Merchant from Peck's Run, Upshur County, West Virginia.
Arrested by Union Army as a "Rebel Citizen" for "aiding rebellion" on March 26, 1863. Originally jailed by Union Provost Marshal at Wheeling, WV, Day was sent to Union military prison at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio as a political prisoner and "hostage" during the Imboden-Jones Raid of Confederate cavalry into Central West Virginia during April-May 1863.
"Citizen" Day died at USA General Hospital, Chester, PA (military prison hospital for Confederate POWs)of "general debility." Originally buried at Chester Rural Cemetery, his remains were removed for reinterment at Philadelphia National Cemetery in a mass grave in 1891.
He died in captivity at age 59, leaving behind a wife and teenaged daughter.
Although his name is listed on the War Department's 1912 Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Citizens as buried in a mass grave at Philadelphia National, his name does not appear on the monument.
Arrested by Union Army as a "Rebel Citizen" for "aiding rebellion" on March 26, 1863. Originally jailed by Union Provost Marshal at Wheeling, WV, Day was sent to Union military prison at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio as a political prisoner and "hostage" during the Imboden-Jones Raid of Confederate cavalry into Central West Virginia during April-May 1863.
"Citizen" Day died at USA General Hospital, Chester, PA (military prison hospital for Confederate POWs)of "general debility." Originally buried at Chester Rural Cemetery, his remains were removed for reinterment at Philadelphia National Cemetery in a mass grave in 1891.
He died in captivity at age 59, leaving behind a wife and teenaged daughter.
Although his name is listed on the War Department's 1912 Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Citizens as buried in a mass grave at Philadelphia National, his name does not appear on the monument.
Merchant from Peck's Run, Upshur County, West Virginia.
Arrested by Union Army as a "Rebel Citizen" for "aiding rebellion" on March 26, 1863. Originally jailed by Union Provost Marshal at Wheeling, WV, Day was sent to Union military prison at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio as a political prisoner and "hostage" during the Imboden-Jones Raid of Confederate cavalry into Central West Virginia during April-May 1863.
"Citizen" Day died at USA General Hospital, Chester, PA (military prison hospital for Confederate POWs)of "general debility." Originally buried at Chester Rural Cemetery, his remains were removed for reinterment at Philadelphia National Cemetery in a mass grave in 1891.
He died in captivity at age 59, leaving behind a wife and teenaged daughter.
Although his name is listed on the War Department's 1912 Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Citizens as buried in a mass grave at Philadelphia National, his name does not appear on the monument.
Arrested by Union Army as a "Rebel Citizen" for "aiding rebellion" on March 26, 1863. Originally jailed by Union Provost Marshal at Wheeling, WV, Day was sent to Union military prison at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio as a political prisoner and "hostage" during the Imboden-Jones Raid of Confederate cavalry into Central West Virginia during April-May 1863.
"Citizen" Day died at USA General Hospital, Chester, PA (military prison hospital for Confederate POWs)of "general debility." Originally buried at Chester Rural Cemetery, his remains were removed for reinterment at Philadelphia National Cemetery in a mass grave in 1891.
He died in captivity at age 59, leaving behind a wife and teenaged daughter.
Although his name is listed on the War Department's 1912 Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Citizens as buried in a mass grave at Philadelphia National, his name does not appear on the monument.
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