SG

Solomon W. Gay

Corporal Army Civil War

Army
Army
Corporal
Corporal
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Corporal
Unit
13th OVI, Co. D
Conflict / Era
Civil War
Years of Service
12/31/1862
Date of Death
12/31/1862
Hometown
Union, OH
Burial Location
Union Twp: Milford Center
Monument Paver
No
Township (entering service)
Union
Township (current / at death)
UNKNOWN
School
UNKNOWN
Status
Killed in Action
When
12/31/1862
Where
Stones River, TN
Record Authenticated
Yes

Biography

School: UNKNOWN. wounded in the right leg; laid on the battlefield for several days until Union forces regained control; erysipelas had set it, so leg was amputated above the knee; died shortly thereafter

Source: Beers, Record 457, (533); Marysville Tribune Abstracts, 1850-1876, p. 6, 7, 8