Organizer and First Commanding officer of Independent Battery "E" (Civil War-Union Army-Light Artillery)
June 1861 - Entered Union Army as 1st Lieut with Company L. 28th Pennsylvania Regt. Discharged 1 November 1861 to accept Captaincy of Independent Battery E, Pa. Artillery.
October 1861 - Promoted to Captain in Battery of Light Artillery in Geary's Bde. (Bates)
Participation in Major Battles: Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Rappahanock, Sulpher Springs, South Mountain. Resigned from Battery May 16,1863. In June 1864 promoted to Major, Organized a Battalion of Artillery / Penn Reserve, until Sept 1864.
Commanded three forts in the Defenses of Washington DC and assisted in the repulse of Gen. Early. Placed in charge of the Fort Pitt Foundry at Pittsburg for 3 years.
Married: September 1, 1864 to Sophie Hale Day at Catskill, NY.
Three Children: Mary, Edgar Day, Joseph Day.
(National Cyclopedia of American Biography)
June 1861 - Entered Union Army as 1st Lieut with Company L. 28th Pennsylvania Regt. Discharged 1 November 1861 to accept Captaincy of Independent Battery E, Pa. Artillery.
October 1861 - Promoted to Captain in Battery of Light Artillery in Geary's Bde. (Bates)
Participation in Major Battles: Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Rappahanock, Sulpher Springs, South Mountain. Resigned from Battery May 16,1863. In June 1864 promoted to Major, Organized a Battalion of Artillery / Penn Reserve, until Sept 1864.
Commanded three forts in the Defenses of Washington DC and assisted in the repulse of Gen. Early. Placed in charge of the Fort Pitt Foundry at Pittsburg for 3 years.
Married: September 1, 1864 to Sophie Hale Day at Catskill, NY.
Three Children: Mary, Edgar Day, Joseph Day.
(National Cyclopedia of American Biography)
Organizer and First Commanding officer of Independent Battery "E" (Civil War-Union Army-Light Artillery)
June 1861 - Entered Union Army as 1st Lieut with Company L. 28th Pennsylvania Regt. Discharged 1 November 1861 to accept Captaincy of Independent Battery E, Pa. Artillery.
October 1861 - Promoted to Captain in Battery of Light Artillery in Geary's Bde. (Bates)
Participation in Major Battles: Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Rappahanock, Sulpher Springs, South Mountain. Resigned from Battery May 16,1863. In June 1864 promoted to Major, Organized a Battalion of Artillery / Penn Reserve, until Sept 1864.
Commanded three forts in the Defenses of Washington DC and assisted in the repulse of Gen. Early. Placed in charge of the Fort Pitt Foundry at Pittsburg for 3 years.
Married: September 1, 1864 to Sophie Hale Day at Catskill, NY.
Three Children: Mary, Edgar Day, Joseph Day.
(National Cyclopedia of American Biography)
June 1861 - Entered Union Army as 1st Lieut with Company L. 28th Pennsylvania Regt. Discharged 1 November 1861 to accept Captaincy of Independent Battery E, Pa. Artillery.
October 1861 - Promoted to Captain in Battery of Light Artillery in Geary's Bde. (Bates)
Participation in Major Battles: Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Rappahanock, Sulpher Springs, South Mountain. Resigned from Battery May 16,1863. In June 1864 promoted to Major, Organized a Battalion of Artillery / Penn Reserve, until Sept 1864.
Commanded three forts in the Defenses of Washington DC and assisted in the repulse of Gen. Early. Placed in charge of the Fort Pitt Foundry at Pittsburg for 3 years.
Married: September 1, 1864 to Sophie Hale Day at Catskill, NY.
Three Children: Mary, Edgar Day, Joseph Day.
(National Cyclopedia of American Biography)
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