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Aaron Flint Sawyer

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Aaron Flint Sawyer Veteran

Birth
New York, USA
Death
7 May 1862 (aged 30)
Virginia, USA
Burial
Yorktown, York County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Unknown
Memorial ID
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Enlisted 7MAY1861 as a pvt; Age 30;
Mustered 31MAY1861 into New York 32 Inf, Co. C
Killed at West Point, VA.
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[New York Herald]
Brick House Point, Near West Point, Va. May 7, 1862
List of wounded soldiers includes private A. F. Sawyer, Thirty-second New York.
"The wounded are being cared for in the most hospitable and humane manner, and no pains will be spared to render them as comfortable as possible. The dead will be sent home as far as practicable. We are hearing of men who are dying of their wounds."
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"Many of the soldiers listed below are likely to be among the 20 unidentified sets of remains from Brickhouse Landing buried as unknowns at Yorktown National Cemetery."
"Sawyer, Aaron F, Pvt, Co. C, 32nd New York Vol Infantry"
["The Dead of Eltham's Landing". William A Palmer, Jr; Historical Society of West Point, Virginia]

Mother and father were both pensioned:
Father 216778; (as NY 32 Inf, Co. C)
Mother 216777; (Jan 1881)
Enlisted 7MAY1861 as a pvt; Age 30;
Mustered 31MAY1861 into New York 32 Inf, Co. C
Killed at West Point, VA.
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[New York Herald]
Brick House Point, Near West Point, Va. May 7, 1862
List of wounded soldiers includes private A. F. Sawyer, Thirty-second New York.
"The wounded are being cared for in the most hospitable and humane manner, and no pains will be spared to render them as comfortable as possible. The dead will be sent home as far as practicable. We are hearing of men who are dying of their wounds."
-----
"Many of the soldiers listed below are likely to be among the 20 unidentified sets of remains from Brickhouse Landing buried as unknowns at Yorktown National Cemetery."
"Sawyer, Aaron F, Pvt, Co. C, 32nd New York Vol Infantry"
["The Dead of Eltham's Landing". William A Palmer, Jr; Historical Society of West Point, Virginia]

Mother and father were both pensioned:
Father 216778; (as NY 32 Inf, Co. C)
Mother 216777; (Jan 1881)


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