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Medal of Honor Recipient

Charles Day

U.S. Army · U.S. Civil War

MOH-RC-000699Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

February 6, 1865

Hatcher's Run, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
U.S. Civil War
Unit or command
Company K, 210th Pennsylvania Infantry

The Citation

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Seized the colors of another regiment of the brigade, the regiment having been thrown into confusion and the color bearer killed, and bore said colors throughout the remainder of the engagement.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Charles Day — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-27

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000705
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-27
Entered service at
Lycoming County, Pa.
Archive transcription SHA-256
922be2a4f9b925f699dc90faa6c469bb8d02be78c7a32f6a8054f4fe553b1e6d

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

Current official Society evidence confirms the identity and core action record; historical action wording replaces inherited geocoder text while all inherited values and the complete legacy citation remain preserved.