Rank: Recruit
Unit: C Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: November 26, 1857 in Albany, New York. He was 22.
Hometown: Bannockburn, Scotland
Occupation prior to enlistment: Laborer
Campaign: Plains Indian War (pre Civil War)
Died: 26 May 1848
Cause of death: Delirium tremens
Location of fatality: Cheyenne Georgiap, Nebraska Territory