Private David Orbansky, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in 1862 in Shiloh & Vicksburg, etc., Tennessee & Mississippi, etc. during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company B, 58th Ohio Infantry. Orbansky was about 19 years old.
The medal was presented on August 2, 1879, 17 years after the action. He later rose to the rank of Corporal.
Orbansky was born in 1843 in Lautenburg, Germany (Prussia) — one of 130 recipients born in Germany. His Medal of Honor is credited to Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Orbansky died on January 22, 1897 in Miami County, Ohio, at the age of about 54. He is buried at United Jewish Cemetery. Records also list him as Urbansky, David.
Orbansky is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 256 credited to Ohio.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Gallantry in actions.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: American Civil War.
Places
Timeline
- 1843Born in Lautenburg, Germany (Prussia)
- 1862Act of valor — Shiloh & Vicksburg, etc., Tennessee & Mississippi, etc.Age about 19. Company B, 58th Ohio Infantry
- August 2, 1879Medal of Honor presented
- January 22, 1897Died in Miami County, OhioAge about 54.
- Resting placeUnited Jewish Cemetery
Biography
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. 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.
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