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Men with the Seventh Cavalry at the Time of the Battle

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Eades, William
1844, Dublin, Ireland
Clerk
9 September 1871, Louisville, Kentucky
Private, Company F
Not present, detached service perhaps at Powder River, Montana
12 May 1887, near Dickinson, Dakota Territory
Unknown


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Eagan, Thomas P.
Thomas Hagan
1848, Ireland

Laborer
18 October 1873, Fort Lincoln, Dakota Territory
Corporal, Company E
Killed with Custer's Column
25 June 1876, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana
Last Stand Hill, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Montana

Thomas P. Eagan


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Easley, John Thomas
1853, Montgomery County, Illinois
Laborer
6 February 1875, Livingston, Alabama
Sergeant, Company A
In valley and hilltop fights
17 October 1876 from Ft. Lincoln, Dakota Territory
Unknown
Unknown



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Eckerson, Edwin Philip
8 March 1850, Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory
14 February 1882 to Sophie Marie Bergsland in Hays, Kansas
Soldier
2 May 1876
Second Lieutenant, Company L
Not present, enroute
17 August 1885, Hays, Kansas
Mount Allen Cemetery, Hays, Kansas
Block 2, Lot 36, No. 5


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Edgerly, Winfield Scott
29 May 1846, Farmington, New Hampshire
Josiah Bartlett Edgerly
Cordelia Waldron Edgerly
27 October 1875 to Grace Cory Blum
1870, United States Military Academy
28 September 1870, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Second Lieutenant, Company D
Scouting duty and hilltop fight
10 September 1927, Farmington, New Hampshire
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
Section 3, No. 3886A



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Edwards, George
Unknown
Unknown
1 April 1876
Teamster/Packer, Quartermaster
With pack train and hilltop fight
Unknown
Unknown



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Eisemann, George
16 May 1854, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Brushmaker
18 February 1872, Rutherfordton, North Carolina
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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Eixenberger, Peter
12 June 1860, Munich, Germany
November 1885 to Mary Achenback; 8 children
Musician - Violinist
28 April 1876
Private, Band
Not present, detached service at Powder River, Montana
12 September 1917, Sykes, Montana
Heart attack
St. Aloysius Cemetery, Sturgis, South Dakota


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Eldridge, Edwin
Edwin Grant
2 March 1852, Newburgh, Maine
Machinist
6 February 1875, Livingston, Alabama
Private, Company A
Not present, discharged from Fort Lincoln for medical reasons
8 March 1916, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Elm Lawn Cemetery, Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois



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Engle, Gustave
1849, Wurtemburg, German
Cooper
21 October 1875, Fort Lincoln, Dakota Territory
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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Etzler, William
1852, Wheeling, West Virginia
17 August 1877 to Mary Ann Hackett, Bismarck, Dakota Territory
Cigar Maker
19 October 1873, Fort Lincoln, Dakota Territory
Private, Company L
With pack train and in hilltop fight
18 June 1884, Camp Hell Gate Canyon near Missoula, Montana
Unknown
Unknown
   
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