Horn, Lewis

Rank: Private

Unit: E Co, 2d Cavalry

Reenlisted: May 16, 1866 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was 21.

Date of birth: 1844

Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)

Died: 16 February 1868

Age at death: 22 or 23

Cause of death: Dysentery

Location of fatality: Fort D.A. Russell, Dakota Territory (Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming)

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Place of interment: Frances E. Warren Air Base Cemetery in Cheyenne, Wyoming

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Note: He stood 5′ 6″ with blue eyes, brown hair, and fair complexion.

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