Walter enlisted in the Army on September 11, 1865 at Albany, New York. He is listed as a veteran who served in the 2nd U.S. Cavalry, Company I according to the W.P.A. Graves Registration Project. This is verified in the pension record following his death.
While on advanced guard duty scouting for Indians on a bank overlooking the Platte River in the Dakota Territory (now Wyoming), there was a fatal cave-in burying Walter and his horse. The muster roll taken on August 31, 1867 stated: "Drowned at Red Buttes near Fort Casper in the Platte River." A pension application filed by his mother in 1895, further stated, "Drowned while on advanced guard of a squadron of the 2nd Cavalry in the line of his duty."
Walter's gravestone notes that he was 18 years, 7 months, and 23 days old at the time of his death on July 8, 1867. He was buried in Block 15 Row 12 of the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Dunlap (Harrison County) Iowa.
While on advanced guard duty scouting for Indians on a bank overlooking the Platte River in the Dakota Territory (now Wyoming), there was a fatal cave-in burying Walter and his horse. The muster roll taken on August 31, 1867 stated: "Drowned at Red Buttes near Fort Casper in the Platte River." A pension application filed by his mother in 1895, further stated, "Drowned while on advanced guard of a squadron of the 2nd Cavalry in the line of his duty."
Walter's gravestone notes that he was 18 years, 7 months, and 23 days old at the time of his death on July 8, 1867. He was buried in Block 15 Row 12 of the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Dunlap (Harrison County) Iowa.
Walter enlisted in the Army on September 11, 1865 at Albany, New York. He is listed as a veteran who served in the 2nd U.S. Cavalry, Company I according to the W.P.A. Graves Registration Project. This is verified in the pension record following his death.
While on advanced guard duty scouting for Indians on a bank overlooking the Platte River in the Dakota Territory (now Wyoming), there was a fatal cave-in burying Walter and his horse. The muster roll taken on August 31, 1867 stated: "Drowned at Red Buttes near Fort Casper in the Platte River." A pension application filed by his mother in 1895, further stated, "Drowned while on advanced guard of a squadron of the 2nd Cavalry in the line of his duty."
Walter's gravestone notes that he was 18 years, 7 months, and 23 days old at the time of his death on July 8, 1867. He was buried in Block 15 Row 12 of the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Dunlap (Harrison County) Iowa.
While on advanced guard duty scouting for Indians on a bank overlooking the Platte River in the Dakota Territory (now Wyoming), there was a fatal cave-in burying Walter and his horse. The muster roll taken on August 31, 1867 stated: "Drowned at Red Buttes near Fort Casper in the Platte River." A pension application filed by his mother in 1895, further stated, "Drowned while on advanced guard of a squadron of the 2nd Cavalry in the line of his duty."
Walter's gravestone notes that he was 18 years, 7 months, and 23 days old at the time of his death on July 8, 1867. He was buried in Block 15 Row 12 of the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Dunlap (Harrison County) Iowa.
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