Rank: Private
Unit: F Co, 2d Cavalry
Reenlisted: February 21, 1864 in Mitchell’s Station, Virginia. He was 32. It was his third enlistment.
Born: 1831
Hometown: Dublin, Ireland
Campaign: Civil War
Died: 11 June 1864
Age at death: 32 or 33
Cause of death: Killed in action
Location of fatality: Trevilian Station, Virginia
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Place of internment: Body lost or destroyed
Note: Second enlistment on December 15, 1859 at Fort Laramie in F Co, 2d Dragoons. He was 28.
Note: Private Ferris’s death is cited in the book:
Also killed at in the same battle was First Lieutenant Lawless, Sergeant Fisher, and Privates Ardle, Corbett, Chapin, Gorman, and Leran. Captain T. F. Rodenbough, Lieutenant T. W. Horrigan were wounded along with 34 other Soldiers. Captain Charles McKnight Leoser and another Soldier were missing. A total of 47 causalities in this battle occurred.
Captain Leoser was captured and later released in 1865 after spending time in the infamous Libby Prison.