Rank: Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant
Unit: Non-Commissioned Staff, 2d Cavalry
Reenlisted: June 14, 1893 in Fort Huachuca, Arizona Territory. He was 41. It was his fourth enlistment.
Date of birth: 1852
Hometown: Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Occupation prior to enlistment: Carpenter
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 4 November 1896
Age at death: 43 or 44
Cause of death: Heart disease
Location of fatality: Fort Wingate, New Mexico
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Place of interment: Santa Fe National Cemetery in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Note: He stood 5’8¾” with blue eyes, grey hair, and light complexion.
Last name on three of four enlistment records is Michaels instead of Michaelis which only appears on the original enlistment papers.
Original enlistment was February 12, 1878 in New York, New York into Company/Troop E, 2d Cavalry. He was 26. He was discharged on February 11, 1883 at Fort Keogh, Montana Territory for expiration of service and held the rank of sergeant with character noted as excellent.
2nd enlistment was June 14, 1883 at Fort Keogh, Montana Territory into Troop E, 2d Cavalry. He was 31. He was discharged on February 11, 1883 at Fort Keogh at Montana Territory for expiration of service and held the rank of 1st sergeant.
3rd enlistment was June 14, 1888 in Haines Ranch, Wyoming Territory into Troop E, 2d Cavalry. He was 36. He was discharged on June 13, 1893, Fort Huachuca, Arizona Territory for expiration of service and held the rank of sergeant with character noted as excellent.
Promoted to Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant on April 20, 1895.