Rank: Private
Unit: G Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: September 24, 1839 in New York, New York. He was 25.
Date of birth: 1814
Hometown: Scottland
Occupation prior to enlistment: Clerk
Campaign: Second Seminole War
Died: March 1841
Age at death: 26 or 27
Cause of death: Debility
Location of fatality: Picolata, Florida
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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida
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Note: He stood 5’8” with blue eyes, dark hair, and ruddy complexion.