 1839 - 1916 (77 years)
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| Name |
Nicholas Wyckoff Day |
| Title |
Brig. General |
| Born |
18 Jan 1839 |
New York City, New York County, NY  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth |
18 Jan 1839 |
New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ [2] |
| _MILT |
From 18 Jan 1862 to 26 JU to L 1865 |
| Colonel of the 131st NY Volunteers - Civil War |
| Death |
1876 [3] |
| _MILT |
brevetted Brigadier General for bravery [2] |
| Died |
6 Mar 1916 |
East Orange, Essex County, NJ [2] |
| Buried |
Woodlawn cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, NY [4] |
| Person ID |
I24592 |
Day Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
26 Jul 2020 |
| Father |
Horace H. Day, b. 10 Jul 1813, Great Barrington, Berkshire County, MA , d. 20 Aug 1876, New York City, New York County, NY (Age 63 years) |
| Mother |
Sarah Wyckoff, b. 12 Oct 1818, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ |
| Married |
25 Apr 1838 |
New York City, New York County, NY [1] |
| Family ID |
F9205 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Anna Cornelia Ogden, b. 1844, Elizabeth, Union County, NJ , d. 17 Jan 1889, Manhattan, New York County, NY (Age 45 years) |
| Married |
1867 [4] |
| Children |
| + | 1. Josephine Naylor Wycoff Day, b. 24 Nov 1873, Manhattan, New York County, NY , d. 4 Sep 1959, San Mateo, San Mateo County, CA (Age 85 years) |
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| Last Modified |
26 Jul 2020 |
| Family ID |
F251134 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- He began his Civil War service as the Sergeant Major of the 71st New York Militia Regiment, being mustered in on April 26, 1861. Serving through the July 1861 First Bull Run Campaign, he was honorably mustered out on July 28, 1861. When the 96th New York Volunteer Infantry was forming the next year, he received a commission as a Captain to command its Company H on March 27, 1862, and let the unit until September 23, 1862. On that date he was transferred to the 131st New York Volunteer Infantry, and was promoted Major. By August of the next year he had risen to Colonel and commander of the regiment, being promoted to that position on August 22, 1862 (to rank from January 15, 1863. He led his men through battles in Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia, and was honorably mustered out on July 25, 1865 at Savannah, Georgia. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for \"gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Opequan, Va.\" After the war he became a successful pharmaceuticals merchant, and served as the Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1911. [4]
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