Rank: Private
Unit: K Co, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: September 14, 1872 in Omaha Barracks, Nebraska. He was 35. It was his third enlistment
Date of birth: 1839
Hometown: Wurtemberg, Germany
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 17 March 1876
Age at death: 36
Cause of death: Killed in action by Cheyenne or Sioux Indians.
Location of fatality: Big Horn Expedition for Crazy Horse’s camp, Little Powder River, Montana Territory
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Place of interment: Powder River Battlefield Soldiers Monument in Powder River County, Montana
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Note: He stood 6’1/2″ with grey eyes, dark hair, and ruddy complexion.
He served as a soldier during the American Civil War.
Original enlistment was August 5, 1864, in Cincinnati, Ohio into Company G of the 5th U.S. Cavalry. He was 24. He was discharged on August 5, 1867, in Mobile, Alabama for expiration of service.
Second enlistment was August 19, 1867, in Cincinnati, Ohio into Company K, 2d Cavalry. He was 27. He was discharged on August 19, 1872, at Fort Laramie, Dakota Territory for expiration of service.
Several of his comrades carried his body to a makeshift field hospital before it was abandoned during the soldiers’ retreat from the battlefield. His body was never later recovered.