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Pvt George Weaver

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Pvt George Weaver Veteran

Birth
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
14 Oct 1886 (aged 44)
Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, USA
Burial
Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, USA
Plot
Section 1, row 2, grave 65
Memorial ID
12338695 View Source

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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