Name: Wllliam Henry Harrison Day
Birth Place: Lexington
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
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Date of Enlistment: 3/17/1862
Place of Enlistment: Staunton
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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: Pvt.
Company: L
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Regiment: 5th Va. Inf.
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Muster Sheet: Sick 11-00-1861, 02-00-1862
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Notes: Day, in a letter to Maj. A. G. Brady 11-21-64 wrote--God knows I do not desire to return to the Confederate States while the war lasts; if I can do anything anywhere you see fit to assign me I will be glad of it.
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Wounded in Action: Winchester; Slightly in hand - 6/14/1863
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
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obituary states he was a sharpshooter
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