Thielman, Gustave

Rank: Private

Unit: H Co, 2d Dragoons

Enlisted: October 10, 1839 in New York, New York. He was 24.

Date of birth: 1815

Hometown: Kassall, Hessia

Occupation prior to enlistment: Tanner

Campaign: Second Seminole War

Died: 4 January 1841

Cause of death: Chronic diarrhea

Location of fatality: Picolata, Florida

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

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