Day, Henry

Henry Day

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Quick Facts

Significance:

Company H, 37th Indiana Infantry

Place of Death:

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Date of Death:

March 12, 1863

Place of Burial:

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Cemetery Name:

Stones River National Cemetery

Henry Day served as a Private in Company H, 37th Indiana Infantry. The 37th Indiana Infantry was mustered on September 18, 1861. They were sent to Kentucky in October of 1861 and later participated in the advance on Bowling Green and Nashville, Tennessee in February 1862. They stayed in Tennessee until mid-April, when they moved to Huntsville, Alabama before they moved back to Nashville in late August and took part in the siege of Nashville. On December 26, they took part in the advance on Murfreesboro, Tennessee and later in the Battle of Stones River. They were most likely still in Murfreesboro when Private Day died on March 12, 1863, which is the estimated location of his death.

He is buried at Stones River National Cemetery in plot F-2500.