Rank: Private
Unit: G Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: July 22, 1848 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was 30.
Hometown: Fairfax, Virginia
Occupation prior to enlistment: Farmer
Campaign: Plains Indian War (pre Civil War)
Died: 22 May 1851
Location of fatality: Fort Lincoln, Texas
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Place of interment: San Antonio National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas
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Note: He was posted at Camp Lincoln at the time of his death. Camp Lincoln was established in 1849 after the Mexican American War. It’s first commander was Major James Longstreet. The Fort was abandoned in 1851 as the front for the Indian Wars had moved west. All of the remains of those buried at Camp Lincoln were reinterred at San Antonio National Cemetery in December 1874.