Ford, James

Rank: Corporal

Unit: F Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: March 5, 1840 in New York, New York. He was 21.

Date of birth: 1819

Hometown: New York, New York

Occupation prior to enlistment: Laborer

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 22 July 1841

Cause of death: Conglecis cerebri

Location of fatality: Fort Brooke, Florida (Tamp Bay, Florida)

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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida

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