Peters, Charles

Rank: Private

Unit: D Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: November 28, 1835 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He was 27.

Date of birth: 1808

Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Occupation prior to enlistment: Musician

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 12 February 1838

Cause of death: General Decemberay

Location of fatality: Fort Mellon, Florida

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