Captain Levin Bevins Day

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Captain Levin Bevins Day
1862 March 18-Levin B. Day appointed Captain of Company D of the 3rd Reg. of Delaware Volunteers.
1864 Feb. 23-Levin B. Day appointed Captain of Company F of the First Delaware Cavalry.

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Captain Levin Bevins Day
1862 March 18-Levin B. Day appointed Captain of Company D of the 3rd Reg. of Delaware Volunteers.
1864 Feb. 23-Levin B. Day appointed Captain of Company F of the First Delaware Cavalry.

Any links to further information would be appreciated...


Antietam after battle report:

Report of Capt. Levin B. Day, Third Delaware Infantry, of the
Battle of Antietam.


HDQRS. THIRD REGIMENT DELAWARE VOLUNTEERS,
September 27, 1862
Pursuant to order, I report concerning the Third Regiment Delaware
Volunteers in the battle of the 17th instant:

There were present but five line officers, and, by order of Maj. Arthur
Maginnis, commanding, the regiment was divided into four companies of 30
men each, one company being afterward detached as skirmishers. Our
regiment, the left of the brigade, occupied a woods about 250 yards from the
rebel line of battle, Baker's California regiment on our left and partially in
front. We lay in this position for about four hours, under a continuous
shower of shell and musketry, firing as occasion offered by the advance or
retreat of the rebels. The California with an Indiana regiment being partially
outflanked, retreated directly through our ranks.

At this moment Maj. Maginnis was wounded, and we retreated in good
order under command of Capt. William J. McKaig. We formed in a field to
the rear of our former position, from which we again retreated
obliquely to the left and rear, coming into position by a 12-pounder battery,
which immediately opened on the enemy. Out of range of the rebel guns, we
reposed here until the engagement cease. Both officers and men behaved
with coolness and bravery, and it would be invidious to mention individual
cases.

The report of killed and wounded has already been forwarded to brigade
headquarters.*

Very respectfully,

L. B. DAY,
Capt., Commanding Regiment.

MANUEL EYRE, JR.,
Second Lieut. and acting Adjutant.

Source: Official Records: Series I. Vol. 19. Part I, Reports
 
Antietam after battle report:

Report of Capt. Levin B. Day, Third Delaware Infantry, of the
Battle of Antietam.


HDQRS. THIRD REGIMENT DELAWARE VOLUNTEERS,
September 27, 1862
Pursuant to order, I report concerning the Third Regiment Delaware
Volunteers in the battle of the 17th instant:

There were present but five line officers, and, by order of Maj. Arthur
Maginnis, commanding, the regiment was divided into four companies of 30
men each, one company being afterward detached as skirmishers. Our
regiment, the left of the brigade, occupied a woods about 250 yards from the
rebel line of battle, Baker's California regiment on our left and partially in
front. We lay in this position for about four hours, under a continuous
shower of shell and musketry, firing as occasion offered by the advance or
retreat of the rebels. The California with an Indiana regiment being partially
outflanked, retreated directly through our ranks.

At this moment Maj. Maginnis was wounded, and we retreated in good
order under command of Capt. William J. McKaig. We formed in a field to
the rear of our former position, from which we again retreated
obliquely to the left and rear, coming into position by a 12-pounder battery,
which immediately opened on the enemy. Out of range of the rebel guns, we
reposed here until the engagement cease. Both officers and men behaved
with coolness and bravery, and it would be invidious to mention individual
cases.

The report of killed and wounded has already been forwarded to brigade
headquarters.*

Very respectfully,

L. B. DAY,
Capt., Commanding Regiment.

MANUEL EYRE, JR.,
Second Lieut. and acting Adjutant.

Source: Official Records: Series I. Vol. 19. Part I, Reports

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