Hopps, Philander

Rank: Private

Unit: B Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: November 1, 1839 in New York, New York. He was 23.

Date of birth: 1816

Hometown: White Plains, New York

Occupation prior to enlistment: Carpenter

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 31 August 1840

Cause of death: Disease unknown

Location of fatality: Picolata, Florida

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

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