Pvt. Asa Day - West Springfield, MA
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N 42° 06.389 W 072° 37.190
18T E 696796 N 4664340
The grave of Pvt. Asa Day who was killed during the Mohawk River campaign during the American Revolution is located in Park Street Cemetery adjacent to the South Congregational Church in West Springfield, MA.
Waymark Code: WMWHXQ
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2017
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A sandstone headstone with an angel motif and a bronze plaque set at ground level mark the grave of Revolutionary War Private Asa Day. Private Day was serving with the 3rd Hampden regiment of the Army of the North under Colonel John Brown of Pittsfield, MA the when he was killed in the line of duty.
The sandstone grave marker is inscribed:
In Memory of
Mr. Asa Day
Son of Mr. Tim
& Mrs. Sarah Day.
who was killed
in the service of
his country with
Col, Brown, up
the Mohawk
River 19, Oct.
1780 in the 21,
Year of His Age.
The bronze plaque has an error in the year of birth. It is inscribed:
ASA DAY
PVT CONTINENTAL LINE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
1659 1780
{LATIN CROSS}
He left home along with of a company of West Springfield residents on a expedition against the Indians in New York. They were sent to Tryon County and stationed at the Fort Paris stockade to protect settlers in the Mohawk Valley from threatening attacks by Tories and Indians. On October 19, 1780, while the company attempting to join the forces of General Robert Van Rensselaer, they were ambushed by Tories and Indians. He, along with Captain Levi Ely and Colonel John Brown and half the company, was killed at the Battle of Stone Arabia, NY. His father Timothy Day, who is buried nearby, and his brother Lewis Day survived the attack.
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