Rank: Private
Unit: C Co, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: May 25, 1866 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was 24.
Date of birth: 1842
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation prior to enlistment: Carpenter
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 21 December 1866
Age at death: 24
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 5’8½” with grey eyes, brown hair, and sallow 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.