Liddy or Leddy, John

Rank: Private

Unit: F Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: October 17, 1839 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was 27.

Date of birth: 1812

Hometown: Clare, Ireland

Occupation prior to enlistment: Laborer

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 31 March 1841

Cause of death: Chronic dysentery

Location of fatality: Saint John‘s Bluff, Florida

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

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