Beardslee or Beardsley, Alanson or Alandon

Rank: Private

Unit: B Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: October 24, 1839 in New Orleans, Louisiana

Date of birth: 1816

Hometown: Pittsfield, New York

Occupation prior to enlistment: Clerk

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 6 February 1841

Cause of death: Disease unknown

Location of fatality: Fort Reid, Florida (Sanford, Florida)

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

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