Rank: Private
Unit: C Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: July 1, 1855 in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was 28.
Hometown: Davison County, North Carolina
Occupation prior to enlistment: Stone cutter
Campaign: Plains Indian War (pre Civil War)
Died: 12 May 1856
Cause of death: diarrhea
Location of fatality: Fort Riley, Kansas Territory
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