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New York Civil War Soldiers Buried in Key West, Florida |
These soldiers were from New York state; they were not necessarily from Rensselaer County. Please note that I do not have any additional information about these soldiers or this cemetery that is not already presented here. Researchers desiring additional information are advised to contact the cemetery at this address:
701 Passover Lane
Key West, FL 33040
Tel: 1 305 292-8177
Fax: 1 305 293-6412
Email: rbrittai@keywestcity.com
In July 2007, Scott Holden
emailed the following to me: "I am researching the unit where a lot of those soldiers
came from. I don't think they were buried in the "Key West Cemetery", which is a
public cemetery; rather, [I think that they were buried] in the military cemetery at the
Key West barracks."
After receiving this brief note, I investigated further. These people may have initially been buried at Fort Zachary Taylor in Key West, in the fort's Key West Post Cemetery. If so, then in 1927, they were among the 468 people who were REMOVED from this cemetery, which at that point was abandoned, and who were reinterred at Fort Barrancas National Cemetery in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, in the grounds of what is today known as the Naval Air Station Pensacola (NAS Pensacola). Details of this removal are given at this interesting website. Here are contact details:
Naval Air Station Pensacola
80 Hovey Road
Pensacola, FL 32508-1099
Tels: 1 850 453-4846 or 1 850 452-3357 or 1 850 452-4196
Achart, Samuel, 1st Sergeant, 90th NY, Co. I, died Oct. 2, 1862
Berry, Allen, Private, 10th NY, Co. unknown, died July 4, 1864
Blood, Amas, Private, 161st NY, Co. A, died Mar. 12, 1864
Blowers, Barton, Private, 110th NY, Co. K, died July 10, 1864 [ probably buried in Oswego Co NY]
Brooks, John, Private, 90th NY, Co. A, died Oct. 2, 1862
Burkham, James, Private, 110th NY, Co. K, died Mar. 21, 1864
Carrington, Ed, 2d Lieutenant, 143d NY, Co. unknown, died Mar. 6, 1865
Dorey, Geo., Private, 110th NY, Co. unknown, died July 4, 1864
Dunning, Chas., Private, 110th NY, Co. unknown, died July 21, 1864
Dunell, Milton N., Private, 110th NY, Co. E, died Aug. 31, 1864
Fitzgerald, Christopher, Private, 90th NY, Co. B, died April 13, 1863
Furguson, Owen W., Private, 110th NY, Co. I, died July 15, 1864 [Ferguson?]
Gardner, Chauncey, Lieutenant, 110th NY, Co. unknown, died Jan. 23, 1864
Griffith, _____, 2d Lieutenant, 90th NY, Co. G, died Oct. 2, 1862
Hanford, Chas., H., Private, 90th NY, Co. E, died Sept. 25, 1862
Harris, Justin, Private, 110th NY, Co. K, died July 6, 1864
Hazen, Chas., Corporal, 110th NY, Co. unknown, died Jan. 25, 1864
Hern, Joseph, Private, 110th NY, Co. K, died July 17, 1864
Johnson, Montgomery, Private, 110th NY, Co. D, died May 16, 1864
Lee, W. Chas., Private, 110th NY, Co. A, died July 10, 1864
Moore, Frank, Sergeant, 90th NY, Co. H, died Oct. 1, 1862
Nelson, Robert, Private, 110th NY, Co. K, died July 10, 1864
Peuse, _____, Corporal, 90th NY, Co. K, died Oct. __, ____
Peck, Geo., Private, 90th NY, Co. A, died Oct. 16, 1862
Redrick, Bolson, Corporal, 110th NY, Co. K, died May 29, 1864
Russell, Myron C., Drummer, 110th NY, Co. K, died Jan. 27, 1864
Simmons, Isaac, Sergeant, 110th NY, Co. K, died Jan. 9, 1864
Smith, Peter, Private, 110th NY, Co. K, died May 7, 1864
Van Buren, William, Private, 110th NY, Co. K, died July 7, 1864
Van Wichlen, Geo., Private, 90th NY, Co. I, died Oct. 3, 1862
Wideman, Wm., Private, 110th NY, Co. K, died July 14, 1864
Willard, Andrew, Corporal, 110th NY, Co. unknown, died Jan. 25, 1865
Wilkinson, Chas., Private, 90th NY, Co. E, died Nov. 9, 1862
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