Rear Admiral Foote's Death-- Part 2: Buried in New Haven, Connecticut

The wound he received at Fort Donelson eventually killed him a little over a year later.

He was on his way to take command of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron and in New York City when he took ill.  He spent ten days at the Astor House Hotel there in great agony and suffering.

Admiral Foote died June 26, 1863 and his body lay in state at the State House in New Haven, Connecticut before burial.

--Old B-Runner