Private, Company E, 7th US Cavalry. Killed in action during the Battle of the Little Big Horn, in which General George A. Custer and most of the 7th Cavalry were killed.
He enlisted on 8 October 1873, in Boston, giving his previous occupation as Currier (a worker who treats leather for use in making shoes, leather coats, etc). He was 5 feet, 5 1/4 inches tall, with brown eyes, black hair, and a fair complexion. He was with General Custer's column, and was killed on Last Stand Hill. After the battle, the dead soldiers were originally buried where they fell, but in July 1877, the bodies were reinterred into a mass grave at the top of Last Stand Hill.
He enlisted on 8 October 1873, in Boston, giving his previous occupation as Currier (a worker who treats leather for use in making shoes, leather coats, etc). He was 5 feet, 5 1/4 inches tall, with brown eyes, black hair, and a fair complexion. He was with General Custer's column, and was killed on Last Stand Hill. After the battle, the dead soldiers were originally buried where they fell, but in July 1877, the bodies were reinterred into a mass grave at the top of Last Stand Hill.
Private, Company E, 7th US Cavalry. Killed in action during the Battle of the Little Big Horn, in which General George A. Custer and most of the 7th Cavalry were killed.
He enlisted on 8 October 1873, in Boston, giving his previous occupation as Currier (a worker who treats leather for use in making shoes, leather coats, etc). He was 5 feet, 5 1/4 inches tall, with brown eyes, black hair, and a fair complexion. He was with General Custer's column, and was killed on Last Stand Hill. After the battle, the dead soldiers were originally buried where they fell, but in July 1877, the bodies were reinterred into a mass grave at the top of Last Stand Hill.
He enlisted on 8 October 1873, in Boston, giving his previous occupation as Currier (a worker who treats leather for use in making shoes, leather coats, etc). He was 5 feet, 5 1/4 inches tall, with brown eyes, black hair, and a fair complexion. He was with General Custer's column, and was killed on Last Stand Hill. After the battle, the dead soldiers were originally buried where they fell, but in July 1877, the bodies were reinterred into a mass grave at the top of Last Stand Hill.
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