Cecil Clay (February 13, 1842 – September 23, 1903) was captain of Company K in the 58th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

[2] Clay was first lieutenant on September 1, 1861, and captain on January 1, 1862, of company K of the 58th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.

00149 in the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS), through the Commandery of Pennsylvania, on February 7, 1866.

The MOLLUS was the first post-Civil War veterans' organization, founded by and for commissioned officers of the Union armed forces.

Citation: Led his regiment in the charge, carrying the colors of another regiment, and when severely wounded in the right arm, incurring loss of same, he shifted the colors to the left hand, which also became disabled by a gunshot wound.Clay died September 23, 1907, at Washington, D.C.[1] He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.