Day, Wilson

Wilson Day was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania around 1840 and served in the 3rd United States Colored Troops. According to his service records, Day worked as a wagoner before the Civil War. In June 1863 he joined Company A of the 3rd USCT in Philadelphia as a sergeant. Several weeks later, however, officers reduced him in rank to private. The War Department ordered the 3rd USCT to Morris Island, South Carolina, where it participated in the siege of Fort Wagner in 1863. In February 1864 the regiment was sent to Florida and it remained in that theater until it was disbanded. While he received a promotion to corporal on October 17, 1865, Day was mustered out on October 31 while stationed in Jacksonville, Florida. (By Don Sailer)
    Full name
    Wilson Day
    Place of Birth
    Birth Date Certainty
    Estimated
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    Black
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    Occupation
    Military
    Other
    Other Occupation
    Wagoner
    Relation to Slavery
    Free black
    Military
    Union Army
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