Private David F. Day - Denver, CO - Medal Of Honor Resting Places on Waymarking.com

"DAY, DAVID F.

Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 57th Ohio Infantry
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863
Date of issue: 2 January 1895

Citation: Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party."" (from (visit link) )

"Sixteen year old Pvt. David Day, whom his regimental commander remembered as “a most gallant and meritorious young soldier,” was conspicuous in the assault on the ditch. “In the assault he was severely wounded in the wrist, and his gun was shot from his hands,” recalled Colonel Rice. “With his bayonet he dug a hole in the Rebel works, in which he was shielded from hand-grenades, and remained there until he could return to our lines under cover of darkness.”

Eighty-one survivors of the storming party, including David F. Day, were awarded the Medal of Honor for their valor in the “forlorn hope.” More Medals of Honor were bestowed for this action than for any other single battlefield action in American history. Colonel Rice, Day’s regimental commander, wrote in 1894, “By Act of Congress medals of honor have been provided for those conspicuous for their deeds of heroism and bravery during the late war. None are more worthy and deserving this mark of honor and distinction than David F. Day, one of the survivors who volunteered for the storming party at the siege of Vicksburg.” In 1895, Day received a well-deserved Medal of Honor for “gallantry in the charge of the ‘volunteer storming party’.” " (excerpted from (visit link) )

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Armed Service: Army

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