Howard, Zepheniah

Rank: Private

Unit: G Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: December 7, 1836 in New York, New York. He was 21.

Date of birth: 1815

Hometown: Dover, New York

Occupation prior to enlistment: Farmer

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 16 June 1837

Cause of death: Disease unknown

Location of fatality: Fort Mellon, Florida

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