David Orbansky Explained

David Orbansky
Death Date:January 22,
Birth Place:Lautenburg, Prussia
Death Place:Ohio
Placeofburial:United Jewish Cemetery,
Columbus, Ohio
Placeofburial Label:Place of burial
Allegiance:United States
Union
Branch:United States Army
Union Army
Serviceyears:1861–1865
Rank:Corporal
Unit: Company B, 58th Ohio Infantry
Battles: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. 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]

Medal of Honor citation

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Gallantry in actions.

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  1. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/urbansky.html David Urbansky
  2. https://www.jcemcin.org/david-urbansky/ David Urbansky