Surgeon, 6th Regiment, United States Infantry. He died while posted at Fort Armstrong, Rock Island, Illinois, and was buried in the Fort cemetery. The cemetery was destroyed during construction of a a railroad embankment to the Government Bridge in 1869-1872. There is now a monument to his memory about 700 yard northeast of the former cemetery location. He also served at other frontier posts, and was a member of Colonel Henry Atkinson's expedition to the mouth of the Yellowstone River in 1825.
Surgeon, 6th Regiment, United States Infantry. He died while posted at Fort Armstrong, Rock Island, Illinois, and was buried in the Fort cemetery. The cemetery was destroyed during construction of a a railroad embankment to the Government Bridge in 1869-1872. There is now a monument to his memory about 700 yard northeast of the former cemetery location. He also served at other frontier posts, and was a member of Colonel Henry Atkinson's expedition to the mouth of the Yellowstone River in 1825.
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