James Day

He enlisted in Company M, First Texas Infantry when they organized in Trinity County, and mustered for Confederate service as 4th Corporal on 5 May 1862 at Sumpter, TX. He was reduced to Private, date not given.

He was severely wounded in the arm in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862:

During the engagement I saw four bearers of our State colors shot down, to wit: First, John Hanson, Company L; second, James Day, Company M; third, Charles H. Kingsley, Company L, and, fourth, James K. Malone, Company A. After the fall of these, still others raised the colors until four more bearers were shot down ...

Service information from Davis1 and Simpson.2 Wound detail from a 22 September casualty list by Lt. Col. Work published in the Galveston News of 1 November 1862.