Clark, Josiah

Rank: Private

Unit: H Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: August 22, 1836 in Winchester, Virginia. He was 26.

Date of birth: 1810

Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland

Occupation prior to enlistment: Wagon maker

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 3 July 1841

Cause of death: Chronic diarrhea

Location of fatality: Fort Mellon, Florida

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

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