Niles, Arthur

Rank: Private

Unit: F Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: October 16, 1839 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was 24.

Date of birth: 1812

Hometown: Deer Isle, Maine

Occupation prior to enlistment: Sailor

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 10 February 1841

Cause of death: Dysentery

Location of fatality: Fort Reid, Florida (Sanford, Florida)

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

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