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This is a current photo of the house in which Dr. William B. Day, his wife Emily, and their eight children used to live in what is now Herndon, VA.

This record catalogues the charges brought against Dr. William B. Day, his half-brother Dr. John T. Day, and their co-conspirators: John B. Farr, John and Charles Coleman, Richard Gunnell, Philip Carper, and John T. DeBell. These men were all…

This is an overview of the general state of the Day Family Cemetery and the relative location of the headstones. There are approximately eighteen headstones in the cemetery, and approximately sixty burial plots. The oldest headstone in the cemetery…

This article lists the citizens of Dranesville that were arrested for the alleged murder of Union pickets at Lowe's Island. This article also mentions the alleged decapitation perpetrated by Dr. William B. Day on Union soldiers from the Battle of…

This is an excerpt from the testimony from Charles W. Coleman's trial transcript. This witness describes the accused acting in concert with Dr. William B. Day to bring heads back from deceased Union soldiers at the Manassas Battlefield and place them…