Rank: Bugler
Unit: L Co, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: April 20, 1865 in Winchester, Virginia. He was 17.
Date of birth: 1848
Hometown: Kenton or Newtown, Kentucky
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Occupation prior to enlistment: Farmer
Died: 21 October 1865
Age at death: 17
Cause of death: Drowned
Location of fatality: drowned in Ohio River opposite Cincinnati, Ohio
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Place of interment: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
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