Squire, Edson

Rank: Private

Unit: H Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: August 23, 1839 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was 19.

Date of birth: 1820

Hometown: Hartford, Connecticut

Occupation prior to enlistment: Mariner

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 17 February 1841

Cause of death: Disease unknown

Location of fatality: Picolata, Florida

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

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