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Matthias W. Day
Matthias W. Day (August 8, 1853 – September 12, 1927) was a career American army officer who received the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military decoration, for his actions during the American Indian Wars in the latter half of the 19th century. Day was a longtime officer with the African-American 9th Cavalry Regiment, seeing action during the Apache Wars against the Apache leaders Victorio and Geronimo.
Day later achieved fame as a marksman while participating in the U.S. Army's annual rifle marksmanship contest, and served in the Philippines during the Philippine-American War. He eventually rose to the rank of colonel and served as the commander of his old unit, the 9th Cavalry.
==West Point==
Mathias Walter Day was the second of seven children of Mathias Day (the founder of Daytona Beach, Florida) and Mary Blymyer, both native Ohioans. He was accepted to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1873. A graduate of the class of 1877 alongside Henry Ossian Flipper, the first African-American to graduate from West Point, Day was popular with his classmates, but was "ranked close enough to the bottom to be assigned to a black regiment".〔Kenner, page 193. Kuhl, et al. states that Day "stood near the foot of the West Point Class of 1877 at graduation, but near its head in popularity". (Kuhl, et al., page 3 ). Retrieved on August 7, 2007. However Gott in endnote 23 of "In search of an elusive enemy: the Victorio Campaign" states that Day was ranked seventh. Gott, page 48.〕
Day was not assigned to the 9th Cavalry Regiment until August, 1878. The 9th Cavalry was one of four African-American regiments which became known as the "Buffalo Soldiers". Day was ordered to El Paso, Texas, where he assumed command of A Troop.
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