Rank: Private
Unit: A Co, 2d Cavalry
Reenlisted: February 15, 1870 in Omaha Barracks, Nebraska. He was 23. It was his second enlistment.
Date of birth: 1847
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Occupation prior to enlistment: Nail cutter
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 30 August 1875
Age at death: 27 or 28
Cause of death: Exhaustion of acute mania
Location of fatality: Government hospital for the insane near Washington, D.C.
Place of interment: Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital East Cemetery in Anacostia, Washington D.C.
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Note: He stood 5’8” with grey eyes, dark hair, and ruddy complexion.
He deserted on September 8, 1871 and apprehended on March 10, 1875.