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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Thomas B. Aumack-- Part 2: Died of Dysentery

From the Find A Grave site.

THOMAS B. AUMACK

BIRTH:  May 9, 1844

DEATH:  13 October 1862 (age 18)  He must have lied about his age at enlistment.

BURIAL:  Aumack Family Burying Ground, Hazlet, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Enlisted at Brooklyn age 19.  Mustered in as a private with Company C, 87th New York Infantry on November 5, 1861, discharged with dysentery on  September 23, 1862, at Fort Monroe, Virginia.

Thomas Baily Aumack, son of  William Hoff and  Catherine (Bailey) Aumack, born May 9, 1844, and died  October 13, 1862, aged 18 years, 5 months and 4 days.

The numbers don't match up.

--Old Secesh

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