Rank: Private
Unit: A Trp, 2d Cavalry
Reenlisted: June 29, 1888 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was 38.
Date of birth: 1848
Hometown: Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 29 August 1888
Age at death: 38
Cause of death: Failure of respiration
Location of fatality: Presidio of San Francisco, California
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Place of interment: San Francisco National Cemetery in San Francisco, California
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Notes: At the time of the Battle of the Little Big Horn he was a Sgt. in James Calhoun (Custer’s brother-in-law) L troop. Each company had selected a few men to remain behind with the pack trains to assist their movement. That is no doubt what saved Mullen’s life that day. L troop was wiped out.
Original enlisted on 24 September 1871 in the 7th U.S. Cavalry.