Thomas B. Aumack, Wounded at Antietam, Died Soon Afterwards

I have been writing about a cemetery in Hazlet, New Jersey, in my Not So Forgotten: The War of 1812 blog, where two War of 1812, one American Revolution and this soldier from the Civil War are buried.  The cemetery, a small family one, had fallen into disrepair until recently.  The article was "Desecrated cemetery, lost grave of  18-year-old war hero getting restored in Hazlet."

The Civil War soldier buried there was Thomas B. Aumack.  This is what the article said about him:

"Thomas Bailey Aumack was 17 years old when he enlisted to fight for the Union in the Civil War.    The Bayshore native  was mustered into the 87th New York Infantry in November of 1861.  Less than a  year later, he was dead, one of 620,000  lives lost in America's bloodiest conflict."

He is buried in the Aumack Family Cemetery in Hazlet, New Jersey, with quite a few other Aumacks.  However, many more of the Aumack family are buried at Cedarwood Cemetery in Hazlet.

--Old Secesh