CLARK, Capt. John S.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: South Reading, VT; Address:
  South Reading Cemetery
• _COLOR: 11

Notes:

He resided in Clinton, MI in 1860. He enlisted in the Eighth Vermont regiment; on the organization of his c ompany was chosen captain and proceeded to Louisiana with the BUTLER ex pedition. On March 9th, 1862 the 8th Regiment leaves New York on the ships 'Walla ce' and 'James Hovey,' with sealed orders, which, on being opened at se a, directed the troops to report to General Phelps at Ship Island, in t he Gulf of Mexico, arriving on the 6th of April. On the 4th of September 1862, a detachment of sixty men under Captain C lark, guarding a railroad train, was ambushed at Boutte Station by Conf ederate Colonel McWaters, with a force of 1,500 strong, and badly cut t o pieces, losing fifteen killed and fatally hurt and twenty wounded, bu t the train escaped.

FindaGrave:
GRID=87306188 cenotaph

Family/Spouse: ROBINSON, Eliza Ann. Eliza was born on 29 Mar 1830 in Reading, VT; died in 1909 in Saint Johnsbury, VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. CLARK, Col. John Calvin was born on 3 Jun 1852 in Lunenburg, VT; died in 1932; was buried in Saint Johnsbury, VT.