So, the last battle the 87th participated in was at Chantilly and that was on September 1, 1862 and Antietam wasn't until September 17. So, not likely Thomas Aumack was wounded at Antietam, perhaps Chantilly.
Plus, the 87th ceased to exist on September 6 when it was folded into the 40th New York Infantry.
So, what about this Battle of Chantilly. I don't think I've heard of it before.
Looked it up in good old Wikipedia, and it said it was a follow up to the Second Battle of Bull Run and was where Stonewall Jackson's Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia attempted to cut off the Union retreat.
Union losses were put at 1,300 and Confederate at 800.
Could one of those Union casualties been the wounded Thomas Aumack?
--Old Secesh
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