Alsop, Edwin

Rank: Private

Unit: K Co, 2d Dragoons

Reenlisted: January 21, 1840 in Fort Heileman, Florida. He was 29. It was his third enlistment.

Date of birth: 1810

Hometown: Richmond, Virginia

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 26 June 1841

Age at death: 30 yrs

Cause of death: Drowned

Location of fatality: On a steamboat

Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida

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Notes: 2nd enlistment was March 18, 1837 in New Orleans, Louisiana into K Co, 2d Dragoons.