He subsequently went to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he became a businessman. His wife and family joined him there, and they lived the rest of their lives in Nova Scotia. Wood died there on July 19, 1904. His obituary appeared in the New York Times the next day. He is buried in Halifax's Camp Hill Cemetery. Legacy Tallahassee Avenue, Tallahassee Elementary School, and Taylorwood Lane in Eastern Passage are named for Wood and his ship. * See also Bibliography of American Civil War naval history Military history of Nova Scotia Canada in the American Civil War References Bibliography , Book (par view) , Book (par view) , Book (par view) , Book (no view) , Book (par view) Url Other sources Further reading , Book U.S. Naval Historical Center External links Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Photographs of John Taylor Wood's tombstone, Halifax, Nova Scotia 1830 births 1904 deaths American emigrants to pre-Confederation Nova Scotia Canadian people of the American Civil War Confederate States Navy captains American people of English descent Confederate States Army officers Military history of Nova Scotia Northern-born Confederates People from Fort Snelling, Minnesota United States Naval Academy alumni United States Navy officers Zachary Taylor family