ALANSON CALL -- 2nd VETERAN CAVALRYDIED ON A TRANSPORT - According to the Compendium of the War of theRebellion, Volume 1, published in 1908, New York sent 448,500 +/- men towar, of these 46,500 +/- died from a number of causes. The numbers havebeen rounded off.12,600 -- killed in action7,000 -- mortally wounded24,200 -- died of disease500 -- accidental deaths (except drowning)410 -- drowned35 -- murdered3 -- killed after capture70 -- committed suicide35 -- executed by military authority65 -- died from sunstroke360 -- other causes1,450 -- not statedAlanson Call was one of the soldiers who died by a gunshot wound.According to his Muster Roll Abstract for the 2nd Veteran Cavalry, hewas born in the Town of Au Sable, had blue eyes, brown hair, a darkcomplexion and was 5' 4" tall. At the time of his enlistment, he gavehis occupation as sailor. He both enlisted and was mustered in onDecember 12, 1863, and was given a town bounty of \$150 for enlisting.The regiment served in the Department of Washington DC until it wasordered to partake in the Red River Campaign in the District ofLaFourche, LA. The campaign began in March after they got off theirboat, went on for 17 engagements and ended on May 18th. Some reportssay that Alanson was shot in one of the battles, and he died on atransport on his way downstream to New Orleans on May 15, 1864. Otherssay he was shot on a transport by accident on a transport.In 1866, F. A. Harrison applied for a Widows Pension in New Jersey basedon Alanson's service. It wasn't granted although some records show thathe was married to Frances Ann Bryant in Georgia in 1856. Alanson'sfather died in 1854 in Vermont and his mother, Hannah Worden, went tolive in New Jersey and was buried in Passaic in 1880.
