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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Lewis Jefferson Day

(1843 - 1862)

Home State: Alabama

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 44th Alabama Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

An unmarried 18 year old farmer in Benton, he enlisted as Private, Company A, 44th Alabama Infantry on 17 March 1862 at Pleasant Hill.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

His service from the State of Alabama.1 He's also on a casualty list in the Montgomery Weekly Advertiser of 8 October 1862 as wounded in the arm at Sharpsburg. Personal details from family genealogists.

Birth

11/27/1843; Dallas County, AL

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD