CLARK, Capt. John S.

1822 - 1863  (40 years)

• Name	CLARK, John S.
  Title	Capt.
  Birth	4 Sep 1822	Lunenburg, VT
  Gender	Male
  Burial	South Reading, VT
  	Address: South Reading Cemetery
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 87306188 cenotaph
  _COLOR	11
  Death	20 Mar 1863	New Orleans, LA
  Burial	New Orleans, LA   [1]
  Person ID	I11072	Puffers
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2017

  
  

  Family	ROBINSON, Eliza Ann,   b. 29 Mar 1830, Reading, VT d. 1909, Saint Johnsbury, VT (Age 78 years)
  Children	1. CLARK, Col. John Calvin,   b. 3 Jun 1852, Lunenburg, VT d. 1932 (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F9418	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S262] George N. Carpenter, History of the Eigth Regiment Vermont Volunteer s 1861-1865 (Boston, Mas.