OUR DRUMMER BOY WAR MEMORIAL
ERECTED BY THE DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS OF THE 13TH REGT. N.G. S.N.Y. IN MEMORY OF CLARENCE D. MACKENZIE BORN FEB 8, 1849. DIED AT ANNAPOLIS, MD JUNE 11, 1861, AGED 12 YEARS, 4 MOS, 3 DYS. THIS YOUNG LIFE WAS THE FIRST OFFERING FROM KINGS COUNTY IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. BEFORE SEEING ANY ACTION, HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT AND KILLED IN ANNAPOLIS DURING DRILL PRACTICE BY ANOTHER MEMBER OF HIS REGIMENT.
Listing Details
- Cemetery
- CIVIL WAR
- Statues War or Military Related
- 1886
- GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY-LINDEN AVENUE
- 11232
- BILL COUGHLIN
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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