Spear, Joseph

Rank: Private

Unit: D Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: November 1, 1839 in New York, New York. He was 32.

Hometown: Lancashire, , England

Occupation prior to enlistment: Calico printer

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 20 August 1841

Cause of death: Chronic diarrhea

Location of fatality: Fort Monroe, Virginia,