Rank: Farrier
Unit: A Co, 2d Cavalry
Reenlisted: June 1, 1874 in Fort Laramie, Wyoming Territory. It was his sixth enlistment.
Date of birth: 1819
Hometown: Holland
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 1 May 1877
Age at death: 57 or 58
Cause of death: Dropsy
Location of fatality: Fort Sanders, Wyoming Territory
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Place of interment: Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell, Nebraska
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Note: Original enlistment was September 21, 1848 at East Pascagoula, Mississippi into I, 2d Dragoon. He was 29. He was discharged on September 21, 1853 at Fort Croghan, Texas for expiration of service and held the rank of private.
Second enlistment was August 26, 1855 at Fort Belknap, Texas into I, 2d Dragoon. He was 35. He was discharged on June 26, 1860 in North Fork of Platte River, Nebraska Territory for expiration of service and held the rank of private.
Third enlistment was June 26, 1860 at North Fork Platte River, Nebraska Territory into I, 2d Dragoon. He was 40. He was discharged on July 10, 1864 at Light House Point, Virginia for expiration of service and held the rank of private.
Fourth enlistment was July 10, 1864 at a camp near Light House Point, Virginia, into I, 2d Dragoon. He was 44. He was discharged on July 10, 1867 at Fort Laramie, Wyoming Territory for expiration of service and held the rank of farrier.
Fifth enlistment was June 1, 1869, Omaha, Nebraska Territory into A Co, 2d Cavalry. He was 49. He was discharged on June 1, 1874 at Fort Laramie, Wyoming Territory for expiration of service and held the rank of farrier.
He stood 5’5” with grey eyes, grey hair, and ruddy complexion.