Wednesday, June 2, 2021 – They came from the same town, and went off to serve the Union Army

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2021

379th ISSUE

PRIVATE STANLEY UNDERWOOD
& 
PRIVATE ALONSO CLARK

THEY SIGNED UP TO SERVE AND DIED TOGETHER WEEKS LATER
ON BLACKWELL”S ISLAND

THE STORY CONTINUES

After speaking to Richard Robbin, who had informed me of the Blackwell’s Island death and burial of  Horace Wood, he told met that there were other deaths and burials listed on Blackwell’s Island.

We found them in the listing from the town of Dryden in Tompklins County. (17 miles from Ithaca, the home of Cornell)

Two young me signed up and joined the 32nd Infantry.

The town of Dryden

JAMES S. UNDERWOOD 
(STANLEY UNDERWOOD)

LISTING IN THE 32nd INFANTRY

There are no census records for Underwood. He lived in Dryden, Tompkins County.

ALONZO CLARK

The information derived from this document and from Robbins was that
From the New York State 1855 US Census we learned that Alonzo was the youngest of two children living in Greenbush, Rensselaer County.
We know little of these two young men who enlisted together and never left New York before being struck down by Smallpox and dying on Blackwells Island. They are just two of thousands who were treated, survived or perished here.

Had they survived their 32nd Regiment saw action at Fairfax County, Va., Blackburn Ford, Va., Bull Run, Va., Bailey;s Cross Roads, Va., and many other sites including Antietam and Fredericksburg in 1862.

Reading the Listing of Deaths brings the horrors of war front and center. It is sobering to read of the horrors that were rendered on these young souls.

May they rest in peace

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