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©2004-2011
Diane Merkel
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Men
with the Seventh Cavalry at the Time of the Battle
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7th Enlistment:
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Role During Battle:
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Babcock,
Elmer
10 June 1856, Pharsalia, Chenango County, New York
Farmer
21 September 1875
Private, Company L
Killed with Custer's Column
25
June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Bailey,
Henry Allen
25 March 852, Foster, Providence County, Rhode Island
Blacksmith
24 October 1872
Blacksmith, Company I
Killed with Custer's Column
25
June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Name:
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Bailey,
John A.,
a/k/a John E. Bailey
20 September 1847, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
Unknown person; divorced 17 February 1869
6 September 1894 to Margaret Katherine Johnson
(15 December 1840 - 6 October 1919; buried in St.
Paul)
Florence, born 2 August 1899, St. Paul, Minnesota
Saddler
10 December 1875, Shreveport, Louisiana
Saddler, Company B
With pack train and hilltop fight
Elevator Operator
2 June 1915, St. Paul, Minnesota
Elevator accident
3 June 1915, Fort
Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis |
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Baker,
William, a/k/a William Bailey
April 1850, Alexandria, Virginia
Teamster
4 May 1876
Private, Scout
Not present, on the steamer Far West
Unknown
Unknown |
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Baker,
William H.
3 December 1848, Golconda, Illinois
Farmer
1 October 1875
Private, Company E
Killed with Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Bancroft,
Neil
November 1845, Oswego, New York
Lumberman
20 September 1873, Chicago, Illnois
Private, Company A
Valley and hilltop fights
5 October 1878, Medal of Honor
Brought water for the wounded under a most galling
fire.
Unknown
Unknown |
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Banks,
Charles
April 1845, Dublin, Ireland
Waiter
29 September 1873
Private, Company L
With pack train and hilltop fight
14 May 1901, Highland Falls, New York
Unknown |
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Barking
Wolf
1855, Dakota Territory
Arikara
9 May 1876
Private, Indian Scout
Not
present due to illness
Unknown
Unknown |
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Barnett,
Charles Clinton
7 May 1857, Camden, Ohio
Carpenter
25 March 1876
Private, Company G
Not
present, detached service
3 April 1935, Anacortes, Washington
Unknown |
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Barry,
John D.
1849, Waterford, Ireland
Laborer
21 September 1875
Private, Company I
Killed
with Custer's Column
25
June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Barry,
Peter Orlando
1845 [gravestone has 1847] Washington, D.C.
Kate Gartrell (1848-1939)
Farmer
16 July 1872
Private, Company B
Not
present, detached service
3 July 1907, Morgan, Maryland
Morgan
Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery
Woodbine, Carroll County, Maryland |
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Barsantee,
James Frank
10 February 1853, Boston, Massachusetts
Sailor
8 March 1876
Private, Company B
With pack train and hilltop fight
8 July 1941, Boston, Massachusetts
Unknown |
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7th Enlistment:
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Barth,
Robert
1850, Pforzhein Baden, Germany
Goldsmith
6 December 1872
Private, Company E
Killed with Custer's Column
25
June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Bates,
Joseph a/k/a Joseph or John Murphy
10 June 1838, Providence, Rhode Island
Clerk
18 July 1870
Private, Company M
Valley and hilltop fights
13 September 1893, Sturgis, South Dakota
Suicide
Bear
Butte Cemetery, Sturgis, Meade County, South
Dakota |
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Bauer,
Jacob
1842,
Baden, Germany
Soldier
4 March 1876
Private, Company K
Not present due to illness
Unknown
Unknown |
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Baumbach,
Conrad
1840, Berlin, Germany
Musician
26 June 1875
Private, Band
Not
present, detached service
Unknown
Unknown |
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Baumgartner,
Louis
1853, Baden, Germany
Laborer
2 April 1875
Private, Company A
Valley
and hilltop fights
Unknown
Unknown |
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Bear
Comes Out
1827, Dakota Territory
Dakota Sioux
3 February 1876
Private, Indian Scout
With
Reno's Column, but did not cross the river
Unknown
Unknown |
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Bear
Running in the Timber
1835, Dakota Territory
Dakota Sioux
11 May 1876
Private, Indian Scout
With
Reno's Column, but did not cross the river
Unknown
Unknown |
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Bear's
Eye
1845, Dakota Territory
Arikara
1 April 1876
Private, Indian Scout
Not
present, detached service
Unknown
Unknown |
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Beck,
Benjamin
1853, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Moulder
3 January 1876
Private, Band
Not
present, detached service
30 April 1910
Unknown |
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Bell,
James Montgomery
1 October 1837, Williamsburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Soldier
10 June 1862
First Lieutenant, Company D
Not
present, on leave
17 September 1919, Hermosa Beach, California
San
Francisco National Cemetery (The Presidio) |
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Bender,
Henry
1846, Berlin, Germany
Clerk
28 January 1873
Sergeant, Company L
Not
present, detached service
Unknown
Unknown |
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Bennett,
James C.
1848, Shelby, Ohio
Laborer
11 September 1875
Private, Company C
With
pack train and hilltop fight, wounded
5 July 1876 on the Far West at 3:00 A.M.
Unknown |
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Father:
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Married:
Commission:
Civil War Service:
7th Rank/Co:
Role During Battle:
Death:
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Widow's Pension:
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Benteen,
Frederick William
24 August 1834, Petersburg, Virginia
Theodore Charles Benteen
Caroline Hargrove Benteen
7 January 1862 to Catherine Louise Norman
1 September 1861, MissourCompany I C, 10th Missouri
Volunteer Cavalry
Captain, Company H, Commanded
battalion
Scouting duty and hilltop fight, wounded
22 June 1898, Atlanta, Georgia
25 June 1898, Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta
November 1902, Arlington
National Cemetery
Section 3, Grave 1375
14 October 1898, application by Kate Benteen who
died 17 February 1906 |
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Berwald,
Frank
1850, Poland
Blacksmith
25 January 1873
Private, Company E
With
pack train and hilltop fight
October 1936
9 October 1936, Catholic
Cemetery, Highlands, New York |
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Bischoff,
Charles H.
23 September 1855, Bremen, Germany
Barber
23 November 1872
Private, Company C
Not
present, detached service
14 February 1924, Baltimore, Maryland
Unknown |
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Birth:
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7th Enlistment:
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Death:
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Bishley,
P. Henry
1841, Chicago, Illinois
Soldier
6 October 1875
Private, Company H
Hilltop
fight, wounded
Unknown
Unknown |
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Birth:
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7th Enlistment:
Rank/Company:
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Death:
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Bishop,
Alexander B.
22 November 1853, Brooklyn, New York
Sailor
15 April 1875
Corporal, Company H
Hilltop
fight, wounded
19 September 1935, Brooklyn, New York
Unknown, Veterans
Memorial Grove Cemetery
Yountville, California; Section H, Row 14, Grave
26 |
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Bishop,
Charles H.
11 May 1854, Washington, D.C.
Watchmaker
15 April 1875
Private, Company H
Hilltop
fight, wounded
4 December 1929, St. Louis, Missouri
Unknown |
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7th Enlistment:
Rank/Company:
Role During Battle:
Death:
Burial: |
Black
Calf
Boy Chief
1857, Dakota Territory
Arikara
26 April 1876
Private, Indian Scout
With
Reno's Column
4 June 1922, Armstrong, North Dakota
Unknown |
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Birth:
Tribe:
7th Enlistment:
Rank/Company:
Role During Battle:
Death:
Burial: |
Black
Fox
1857, Dakota Territory
Arikara
9 May 1876
Private, Indian Scout
Not
present, scouting
5 October 1936
Unknown, Holy
Family U.S. Scouts Cemetery
Sanish, North Dakota |
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Birth:
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7th Enlistment:
Rank/Company:
Role During Battle:
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Burial: |
Black
Porcupine
1855, Dakota Territory
Arikara
9 May 1876
Private, Indian Scout
Not
present, detached service
Unknown
Unknown |
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Birth:
Prior Occupation:
7th Enlistment:
Rank/Company:
Role During Battle:
Death:
Burial: |
Black,
Henry
1850, Donegal, Ireland
Laborer
23 November 1872
Private, Company H
Hilltop
fight, wounded
Unknown
Unknown |
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Birth:
Prior Occupation:
7th Enlistment:
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Death:
Burial: |
Blair,
James C.
18 December 1850, Camden, New Jersey
Carpenter
29 December 1874
Private, Company K
Not
present, detached service
25 April 1918, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Unknown |
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Birth:
Civil War Service:
Prior Occupation:
7th Enlistment:
Rank/Company:
Role During Battle:
Death:
Burial: |
Blair,
Wilbur F.
1841, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Corporal, 201st Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers
Printer
18 September 1872
Private, Company A
Valley
and hilltop fights
25 April 1918, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Lewisburg
Cemetery, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania |
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Blake,
Thomas
1850, New York, New York
Clerk
15 January 1872
Private, Company A
Valley
and hilltop
fights
Unknown
Unknown |
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Birth:
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Married:
Tribe:
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Death:
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Bloody
Knife
1837, Hunkpapa Reservation, Dakota Terr.
Father was Hunkpapa; mother was Ree
She Owl
Arikara
13 March 1876
Guide, Quartermaster
Killed
in valley fight
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield
In
the valley, Little Bighorn Battlefield |
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Blunt,
George
1845, Baltimore, Maryland
Carpenter
11 September 1871
Private, Company K
Hilltop
fight
22 November 1905
Unknown |
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Birth:
Prior Occupation:
7th Enlistment:
Rank/Company:
Role During Battle:
Death:
Burial: |
Boam,
William
March 1853, Manchester, England
Sailor
22 December 1874
Private, Company B
With
pack train and hilltop fight
Unknown
Unknown |
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Birth:
Tribe:
7th Enlistment:
Rank/Company:
Role During Battle:
Death:
Burial: |
Bobtailed
Bull
1831, Dakota Territory
Arikara
26 April 1876
Sergeant, Indian Scout
Killed
in valley
fight
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Burial: |
Bobo,
L. Edwin
1845, Franklin County, Ohio
Clerk
23 December 1872
First Sergeant, Company C
Killed
with Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Bockerman,
August
1851, Elberfield, Prussia
Bookkeeper
12 February 1872
Private, Company A
Not
present, detached service
17 April 1904, St. Joseph, Missouri
Unknown |
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7th Enlistment:
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Role During Battle:
Death:
Burial: |
Bohner,
Aloys
1830, Baden, Germany
Musician
12 January 1874
Trumpeter, Company D
Hilltop
fight
Unknown
Unknown
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7th Enlistment:
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Boisen,
Christian C.
26 May 1840, Denmark
Bootmaker
25 March 1873
Private, Company K
Hilltop
fight
21 January 1923, Fort Smith, Arkansas
Unknown |
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Birth:
Prior Occupation:
7th Enlistment:
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Bonner,
Hugh
December 1845, Boston, Massachusetts
Laborer
18 March 1876
Private, Company B
Not
present, detached service
Unknown
Unknown |
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Birth:
Prior Occupation:
7th Enlistment:
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Death:
Burial: |
Boren,
Ansgarius
1850, Linkoping, Sweden
Student
12 February 1872
Private, Company B
With
pack train and hilltop fight
Unknown
Unknown |
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Birth:
Prior Occupation:
7th Enlistment:
Rank/Company:
Role During Battle:
Death:
Burial: |
Borter,
Ludwig
1850, DeWalle, Switzerland
Farmer
4 October 1873
Private, Company A
Not
present, confined
Unknown
Unknown |
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Birth:
Prior Occupation:
7th Enlistment:
Rank/Company:
Role During Battle:
Death:
Burial: |
Bott,
George A.
1853, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Clerk
16 September 1875
Private, Company A
Valley
and hilltop fights
Unknown
Unknown |
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Birth:
Prior Occupation:
7th Enlistment:
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Role During Battle:
Death:
Burial: |
Botzer,
Edward
1845, Bremerhaven, Germany
Unknown
26 November 1871
First Sergeant, Company G
Killed
in valley fight
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Bouyer,
Mitch
1837
Guide
8 April 1876
Interpreter, Quartermaster
Killed
with Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, MT
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, MT |
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Boyle,
James P.
15 December 1853, County Tyrone, Ireland
Jim Boyle
Laborer
7 December 1874, Boston, Massachusetts
Private, Company G
Valley
and hilltop fights, wounded
in the back
2 September 1920, Bismarck, North Dakota
14 September 1920, St.
Mary's Cemetery, Bismarck, N.D.
Lot 8, Row 8, Block A |
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Boyle,
Owen
1843, Waterford, Ireland
Andrew Boyle
Soldier
19 December 1874, Boston, Massachusetts
Private, Company E
Killed
with Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Braden,
Charles
23 November 1847, Detroit, Michigan
Jeanette Devin, daughter of Gen. Thomas Devin
1869, United States Military Academy
15 June 1869
First Lieutenant, Company L
Not
present due to illness
15 January 1919, Highland Falls, New York
U.S.
Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point,
New York |
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Brady,
William
1848, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Plumber
15 September 1875
Private, Company F
Killed
with Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Braendle,
William
1 November 1855, Wurtemburg, Germany
Laborer
8 October 1873
Private, Company C
Not
present, detached service
15 December 1932, Santa Rosa, California
Unknown |
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Birth:
Prior Occupation:
7th Enlistment:
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Death:
Burial: |
Brainard,
George
1846, Brooklyn, Ohio
Teamster
22 January 1872
Private, Company B
Not
present, detached service
20 November 1886, Cleveland, Ohio
Unknown |
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Prior Occupation:
7th Enlistment:
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Brandon,
Benjamin
1831, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Soldier
1 November 1875
Farrier, Company F
Killed
with Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Brant,
Abram B.
1849, New York, New York
Civil Engineer
27 September 1875, St. Louis, Missouri
Private, Company D
Hilltop
fight
5 October 1878 (posthumously), Medal of Honor
4 October 1878, Camp J.D. Sturgis, Dakota Territory
Gunshot wound to the abdomen
Fort
Meade National Cemetery, Fort Meade, South Dakota
Section
2, Row 4, Site 187
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Reinterment: |
Braun,
Frank
1848, Berne, Switzerland
Laborer
23 September 1875
Private, Company M
Valley and hilltop fights, wounded
in face and left thigh
4 October 1876, Fort Lincoln, Dakota Territory
Gunshot wound
Fort Abraham Lincoln Cemetery, Dakota Territory
Custer
National Cemetery, Crow Agency, Montana
Grave 571A |
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Braun,
Franz C.
1845, Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany
Turner
13 May 1873
Private, Company I
With pack train and valley fight
Unknown
Unknown |
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Birth:
Prior Occupation:
7th Enlistment:
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Death:
Burial: |
Brennan,
John
1849, County Waterford, Ireland
Laborer
24 September 1875
Private, Company C
Straggler from Custer's Column; in hilltop fight
Unknown
Unknown |
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Birth:
Prior Occupation:
7th Enlistment:
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Burial: |
Bresnahan,
Cornelius
July 1852, Mount Auburn, Massachusetts
Laborer
3 October 1873
Private, Company K
Hilltop fight
Unknown
Unknown |
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Birth:
Prior Occupation:
7th Enlistment:
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Burial: |
Brightfield,
John
23 June 1853, Dearborn County, Indiana
Cabinetmaker
7 October 1875
Private, Company C
Killed
with Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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7th Enlistment:
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Bringes,
John
1845, Hanover, Germany
Unknown
22 September 1871
Farrier, Company A
Valley and hilltop fights
Unknown
Unknown |
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Birth:
Prior Occupation:
7th Enlistment:
Rank/Company:
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Brinkerhoff,
Henry M.
12 April 1854, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Laborer
1 December 1874
Private, Company G
Valley and hilltop fights
4 February 1933, Los Angeles, California
4 February 1933, Los
Angeles National Cemetery
Section 58, Row E, Site 12 |
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Briody,
John
1847, New York, New York
Unknown
13 August 1872
Corporal, Company F
Killed
with Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Broadhurst,
Joseph F.
1852, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
John Broadhurst
Harriet Fox Broadhurst
Weaver
22 September 1873
Private, Company I
Killed
with Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Brogan,
James
1849, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Unknown
1 April 1876
Private, Company E
Killed
with Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Bromwell,
Latrobe
1847, Frederick County, Maryland
Clerk
9 August 1875
Private, Company E
Not
present due to illness
2 April 1923, Washington, D.C. [Gravestone has 9
April]
U.S.
Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery
Washington, D.C. |
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Brown,
Alexander
19 February 1844, Aberdeen, Scotland
Unknown
13 December 1871
Sergeant, Company G
With
pack train and hilltop fight
7 April 1884, Fort Meade, Dakota Territory
Syphillis affecting spinal cord
Fort
Meade National Cemetery, Sturgis, South Dakota
Section 1, Row 4, No. 44
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Brown,
Benjamin Franklin
1849, Taylor County, Kentucky
Farmer
12 March 1872
Private, Company F
Killed
with Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Brown,
Charles
1846, Bavaria, Germany
Soldier
4 October 1875
Sergeant, Commissary Staff
Not present, furloughed
Unknown
Unknown |
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Brown,
George C.
1851, Baltimore, Maryland
Candymaker
19 October 1872
Corporal, Company E
Killed
with Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Brown,
Hiram Erastus
December 1846, Mount Vernon, Ohio
Student
8 March 1876
Private, Company F
Not present, detached service
Unknown
Unknown |
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Brown,
James
1853, County Queens, Ireland
Moulder
23 March 1876
Private, Company B
Not present, detached service
Unknown
Unknown |
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Brown,
Joseph
1844, Berlin, Germany
Carpenter
27 January 1875
Private, Company K
Hilltop fight
Unknown
Unknown |
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Brown,
Nathan T.
1843, Marion County, Indiana
Carpenter
25 November 1874
Private, Company L
With pack train and hilltop fight
13 September 1877, Canyon Creek, Montana Territory,
during engagement with the Nez Perce
Fort Assinniboine, Montana Territory
27 March 1905, Custer
National Cemetery
Crow Agency, Montana, Grave 1415(5)B |
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Brown,
William A.
1843, Hamburg, Germany
Unknown
10 December 1872
Private, Company F
Killed
with Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Bruce,
Patrick
1844, Cork, Ireland
Unknown
1 May 1876
Private, Company F
Killed
with Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Bruns,
Carl August
23 June 1830, Brunswick, Germany
Maria
Musician
25 November 1875
Private, Company E
Not
present, detached service
4 January 1910, Mandan, North Dakota
Mandan
Union Cemetery, Mandan, North Dakota |
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Bucknell,
Thomas J.
1849, Cincinnati, Ohio
Unknown
23 September 1875
Trumpeter, Company C
Killed
with Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Bull
1856, Dakota Territory
Arikara
9 May 1876
Private, Indian Scout
With
Reno's Column but did not cross the river
Unknown
Unknown |
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Bull
in Water
1847, Dakota Territory
Arikara
9 May 1876
Private, Indian Scout
With
Reno's Column but did not cross the river
Unknown
Unknown |
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Burdick,
Benjamin Franklin
27 April 1851, Grafton, Rensselaer County, New York
Samuel Cutler Burdick
Susan Jones (1827-1851)
Cooper
23 January 1873
Private, Company A
Not present, detached service
11 January 1930, Albany, New York
Beverwyck
Cemetery, Rensselaer, New York |
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Burgdorf,
Charles J.
1845, Hanover, Germany
Soldier
28 February 1876
Private, Company K
Not present, detached service
Unknown
Unknown |
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Burke,
Edmund H.
10 August 1842, Manchester, England
Horseshoer
14 December 1871
Blacksmith, Company K
Hilltop fights
21 April 1925, Sumner, Bremer County, Iowa
Mount
Calvary Cemetery, Sumner, Bremer County, Iowa |
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Burkhardt,
Charles
1846, Summerville, Ohio
Cigarmaker
1 September 1871
Private, Company K
Hilltop fight
About 1888, Cloutierville, Louisiana
Unknown |
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Burkman,
John W.
January 10, 1839, Allegheny County, PA
Teamster
1 September 1875
Private, Company L
With pack train and hilltop fight
6 November 1925, Billings, Montana
Suicide, gunshot wound
Custer
National Cemetery, Crow Agency, MT
Section A, Grave 1463 |
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Burlis,
Edmund
19 March 1848, Klingnau, Switzerland
Musician
30 November 1871
Private, Band
Not present, detached service
22 October 1924, St. Louis, Missouri
Unknown |
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Burnham,
Lucian
1851, Conklin, Saratoga County, New York
Sawyer
9 December 1872
Private, Company F
Killed
with Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Burns,
Charles
1847, Howard County, Indiana
Soldier
8 March 1876
Private, Company B
Not present, detached service
Unknown
Unknown |
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Bush
1847, Dakota Territory
Arikara
26 April 1876
Private, Indian Scout
With
Reno's Column but did not cross the river
Unknown
Unknown |
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Bustard,
James
21 May 1844, Drumbar, County Donegal, Ireland
James Bustard
Elizabeth Funston
Bustard
Soldier
21 July 1875
Sergeant, Company I
Killed
with Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Butler,
James
1842, Albany, New York
Unknown
31 May 1875
First Sergeant, Company L
Killed
with Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last
Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana |
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Butler,
James W.
1 April 1844, Riverton, New Jersey
Unknown
18 September 1874
Private, Company F
Not
present, detached service
8 June 1924, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
National Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Plot NEW, 359 |
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