Wood, James

Rank: Private

Unit: I Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: August 21, 1839 in New York, New York. He was 25.

Date of birth: 1814

Occupation prior to enlistment: Peddler

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 30 October 1840

Cause of death: Phthisis pulmonalis

Location of fatality: Fort Brooke, Florida (Tamp Bay, Florida)

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

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