McCabe, Richard

Rank: Private

Unit: D Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: September 7, 1840 in New York, New York. He was 21.

Date of birth: 1819

Hometown: Lancashire, England

Occupation prior to enlistment: Printer

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 29 November 1841

Cause of death: Dysentery

Location of fatality: Cedar Keys, Florida

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

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