Rank: Private
Unit: C Co, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: May 12, 1866 in New York, New York. He was 21.
Date of birth: 1841
Hometown: St. John’s, New Brunswick
Occupation prior to enlistment: Moulder
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 21 December 1866
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Killed in action
Location of fatality: Peno Creek, Dakota Territory (Wyoming)
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Place of interment: Custer National Cemetery, Crow Agency in Big Horn County, Montana
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Notes: He stood 5’10” with blue eyes, brown hair, and fair complexion.
Soldiers who died with Fetterman were first buried at Ft Phil Kearny. After the fort closed post burials were moved to the Custer Nat’l Cemetery.