Private, Company M, 7th US Cavalry. He was a survivor of the 1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn, in which General George A. Custer and half of the 7th Cavalry were killed.
Born in Pennsylvania, he had a second enlistment on March 15, 1876, at age 33, at Fort Rice, North Dakota. During the Battle of the Little Big Horn, he was a part of Major Reno's Battalion, and fought in the valley and in the hilltop. He reenlisted again, on March 15, 1881, at Fort Meade, South Dakota, as a Farrier (man who shoes horses and also treats them for illnesses). According to his military records, he had blue eyes, brown hair, a florid complexion, was 5 feet 7 inches tall, and was illiterate.
Private, Company M, 7th US Cavalry. He was a survivor of the 1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn, in which General George A. Custer and half of the 7th Cavalry were killed.
Born in Pennsylvania, he had a second enlistment on March 15, 1876, at age 33, at Fort Rice, North Dakota. During the Battle of the Little Big Horn, he was a part of Major Reno's Battalion, and fought in the valley and in the hilltop. He reenlisted again, on March 15, 1881, at Fort Meade, South Dakota, as a Farrier (man who shoes horses and also treats them for illnesses). According to his military records, he had blue eyes, brown hair, a florid complexion, was 5 feet 7 inches tall, and was illiterate.
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