William Day
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Antebellum
War Career
- Enlisted on May 24, 1861 in the 6th Wisconsin Infantry / Company C
- Veteran
- Corporal
- Sergeant
- Wounded in action at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Wounded on June 21, 1864
- Promoted to Brevet Captain on August 29, 1863
- Taken prisoner on March 31, 1865
- Mustered out on July 14, 1865
Post-War Career
Family
Notes
Sources
- Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 506)
Categories:
- Wisconsin Soldiers
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry
- Wisconsin Non-Commissioned Officers
- Soldiers from Grant County, Wisconsin
- Soldiers from Patch Grove, Wisconsin
- Source: RWV (1) 0506
- Wisconsin Wounded
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Wounded
- Wisconsin Wounded at Gettysburg
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Wounded at Gettysburg
- Wisconsin Prisoners
- 6th Wisconsin Infantry Prisoners