David Orbansky

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David Orbansky
David Orbansky 1865 public domain USGov.jpg
Orbansky in 1865
Born1843 (1843)
Lautenburg, Prussia
DiedJanuary 22, 1897 (aged 5354)
Ohio
Place of burial
AllegianceUnited States
Union
Service / branch United States Army
Union Army
Years of service1861–1865
Rank Corporal
Unit Flag of Ohio.svg Company B, 58th Ohio Infantry
Battles / wars American Civil War
Awards Medal of Honor

David Orbansky or 'Urbansky' was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He earned the Medal of Honor for his gallantry in action against enemy Confederate States Army forces in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, in 1862 and again at the Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863, as well as other actions. [1] During the Vicksburg campaign, Urbansky rushed onto the battlefield to pick up his commander and under enemy fire, made it back to the Union line. [2] He was buried at Piqua’s Cedar Hill Jewish cemetery and later reinterred at Walnut Hills United Jewish Cemetery in Evanston, Ohio, a neighborhood in the city of Cincinnati. [2]

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Medal of Honor citation

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Gallantry in actions.

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References

  1. David Urbansky Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 David Urbansky Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
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