Proctor, Edward

Rank: Private

Unit: I Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: October 11, 1837 in New York, New York. He was 21.

Date of birth: 1816

Hometown: Essex, New Jersey

Occupation prior to enlistment: Shoemaker

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 9 August 1838

Cause of death: Mortification of leg

Location of fatality: Fort White, Florida

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

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