Private, Company L, 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 wiped out.
He enlisted on 13 September 1873, at age 24, in Brooklyn, NY, listing his previous occupation as a Cooper. He was 5 feet 10 inches tall, with hazel eyes, brown hair, and dark complexion. During the battle, his company was assigned to Custer's column, and was wiped out on Last Stand Hill. Originally buried where they fell, the bodies were reinterred in July 1877 to a mass grave on top of Last Stand Hill, where the Battlefield Monument is now located.
He enlisted on 13 September 1873, at age 24, in Brooklyn, NY, listing his previous occupation as a Cooper. He was 5 feet 10 inches tall, with hazel eyes, brown hair, and dark complexion. During the battle, his company was assigned to Custer's column, and was wiped out on Last Stand Hill. Originally buried where they fell, the bodies were reinterred in July 1877 to a mass grave on top of Last Stand Hill, where the Battlefield Monument is now located.
Private, Company L, 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 wiped out.
He enlisted on 13 September 1873, at age 24, in Brooklyn, NY, listing his previous occupation as a Cooper. He was 5 feet 10 inches tall, with hazel eyes, brown hair, and dark complexion. During the battle, his company was assigned to Custer's column, and was wiped out on Last Stand Hill. Originally buried where they fell, the bodies were reinterred in July 1877 to a mass grave on top of Last Stand Hill, where the Battlefield Monument is now located.
He enlisted on 13 September 1873, at age 24, in Brooklyn, NY, listing his previous occupation as a Cooper. He was 5 feet 10 inches tall, with hazel eyes, brown hair, and dark complexion. During the battle, his company was assigned to Custer's column, and was wiped out on Last Stand Hill. Originally buried where they fell, the bodies were reinterred in July 1877 to a mass grave on top of Last Stand Hill, where the Battlefield Monument is now located.
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