Alfred M. Wood (April 19, 1825 – July 28, 1895) was an officer in the

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during the

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. On April 13, 1858, Wood was commissioned as

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of the 14th

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(

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), a local antebellum militia

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. When the Civil War erupted, Wood enlisted at the age of 35 on April 4, 1861, in

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, to serve three years. He was wounded and captured on July 21, 1861, at the

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, also known as the First Battle of Bull Run, exchanged for a

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colonel and returned to field duty. Because of his wounds received at the battle of First Bull Run he was discharged for disability on October 18, 1861. After the war Alfred Wood became very involved in the post war affairs of his beloved 14th Brooklyn helping the veterans of the unit. He also became

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, 1864–1865.

References

* The History of the Fighting Fourteenth by Tevis & Marquis.
Colonel Alfred M. Wood
-14th Brooklyn

External links

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Brooklyn Standard
March 8, 1862, Library of Congress, reporting on Col. Wood's return from Richmond.
Brooklyn Standard
March 8, 1862, Library of Congress, reporting, from February 24, 1862, that that Brooklyn Board of Aldermen approved a group to meet and escort Colonel Wood to Brooklyn. Union Army colonels American Civil War prisoners of war People of New York (state) in the American Civil War Eastern Iron Brigade Mayors of Brooklyn 1825 births 1895 deaths 19th-century American politicians {{AmericanCivilWar-bio-stub