Fort Davis Soldiers' Roster B
Breil to Brown
Name
Rank
Company Regiment
Enlistiment Date
Enlistment Location
General Informtion

Breil, Frank

Pvt.

C

23rd Inf.

12/29/1885

Ft. Porter, NY

Discharged per "Expiration of Service" on 12/28/1890; character "excellent"

Brenan, James

Pvt.

C

1st Inf.

9/26/1881

Columbus Barracks, OH

Brengle, John M

Pvt.

M

3rd Cav.

2/9/1887

Ft. Davis, TX

Reenlistment; joined troop 2/18/1887

Brennan, James

Sergt.

L

3rd Cav.

1/11/1882

Ft. D. A. Russell, WY

Promoted to sergeant in May, 1885

Brennan, Michael

Pvt.

A

8th Inf.

12/27/1852

Albany

On duty as hospital attendant; discharged at Ft. Davis per expiration of service 12/27/57

Brenner, George A.

Chief Musc.

F,S

10th Cav.

3/20/1881

Ft. Concho, TX

Reenlistment, in charge of regimental band

Brennon, Michael

Pvt.

E

3rd Cav.

8/18/1885

Ft. Davis, TX

Detailed as troop cook on 9/28/1885

Brent, David

Pvt.

A

25th Inf.

6/5/1870

Detroit, MI

Brent, William

Pvt.

H

10th Cav.

9/25/1879

Baltimore, MD

Dishonorably discharged at Ft. Davis on 9/17/1882

Breslower, Carl

Pvt.

E

3rd Cav.

9/16/1882

Philadelphia, PA

Brett, James E.

2nd Lieut.

B

24th Inf.

7/1/1880

At Ft. Davis 08/1880 to 11/1880

Brett, Richard

Pvt.

E

8th Inf.

5/11/1860

Milwaukee

Brett, William F.

Pvt.

D

1st Inf.

9/4/1878

St. Louis, MO

Disability Discharge, Fort Davis, 6/9/1881

Brewer, Albert

Sergt.

C

1st Inf.

6/25/1878

New York, NY

Brice, Albert

Pvt.

C

9th Cav.

9/9/1866

New Orleans, LA

Brice, Thomas R.

Pvt.

H

10th Cav.

1/4/1875

St. Louis, MO

Discharged per "expiration of service" on 1/4/1880

Brickell, Isam

Wagoner

B

41st Inf.

1/14/1867

Huntsville, AL

Bridgeforth, David

Pvt.

F

24th Inf.

7/25/1870

Nashville, TN

Bridges, Richmond

Pvt.

K

10th Cav.

4/19/1879

Cincinnati, OH

Discharged per "expiration of service" on 4/18/1884; character "good"

Bridges, W.L.

Pvt.

D

2TXMR

Bridgwater,Samuel

Pvt.

B

24th Inf.

7/21/1879

Nashville, TN

Briggs, Robert W.

Pvt.

D

16th Inf.

7/27/1876

Indianapolis, IN

Bright, Spencer

Pvt.

M

10th Cav.

12/9/1882

Pittsburgh, PA

Assigned to troop January 28, 1883

Brine, Sil

Pvt.

F

8th Inf.

10/9/1850

Newport, Ky.

Discharged upon expiration of service 10/9/1855

Brink, Henry

Pvt.

F

9th Cav.

10/6/1866

Greenville, LA

On extra duty as Teamster in post G.M. Dept. July 2, 1867

Brink, John

Pvt.

L

3rd Cav.

9/23/1884

Buffalo, NY

Brinster, Joseph

Pvt.

F

1st Inf.

5/25/1880

Columbus Barracks, OH

Deserted 2/8/1882 but apprehended near Ft. Davis

Brisco, George

Pvt.

C

10th Cav.

9/9/1880

St. Louis, MO

Dishonorably discharged at Ft. Davis on 9/11/1883; also served at post with Co. H, 25th as sergeant

Brisco, Henry

Pvt.

B

24th Inf.

12/10/1880

Ft. Concho, TX

Reenlistment; served with troop at Ft Davis in 1870-71

Briscoe, Charles

Sgt.

K

9th Cav.

12/18/1866

Louisville, KY

Briscoe, Edward

Corpl.

B

10th Cav.

5/15/1880

Chinati Mts., TX

Reenlisted; reduced to pvt. and appt. troop farrier 9/1/1882

Brister, Charles Y.

Pvt.

I

16th Inf.

12/8/1881

Ft. McKavett, TX

Deserted at Ft. Davis on 7/17/1883

Bristow, Andrew

Pvt.

A

8th Cav.

2/18/1886

Ft. McIntosh, Tx.

On extra duty as teamster in Q.M. Dept. since 5/16/1888

Brockman, Herman

Sergt./Pvt.

F and M

3rd Cav.

8/24/1886

St. Louis, MO

Reenlistment; served at Ft. Davis three separate times

Broderick, James

Pvt.

F

3rd Cav.

6/25/1885

New York City

Joined troop 1/18/1886

Broderson, Otto

Pvt.

F

3rd Cav.

9/15/1886

Jefferson Barracks, MO

Discharged Ft. Davis 7/18/1885; reenlisted; disability discharged 7/1/1886

Brodie, Alexander

Pvt.

C

8th Cav.

9/9/1884

San Antonio

Brogden, Benjamin

Pvt.

C

10th Cav.

2/19/1877

Baltimore, MD

Discharged per "certificate of disability" on 9/18/1879

Brookins, Richard

Trumpt

M

9th Cav.

2/5/1867

Louisville, KY

Brooks, Benjamin

Pvt.

A

10th Cav.

5/27/1882

Baltimore, MD

Deserted 11/16/1882, apprehended 11/21/1882

Brooks, Charles

Pvt.

F

24th Inf.

2/4/1871

Chattanooga, TN

Brooks, Edward C.

2Lt.

H

8th Cav.

7/1/1886

Class of 1886, USMA

At Ft. Davis 11/1887 to 05/1888

Brooks, George

Pvt.

B

24th Inf.

7/18/1870

Baltimore, MD

Brooks, Henry

Pvt.

K

10th Cav.

1/5/1882

St. Louis, MO

Reenlistment; discharged 12/7/1881 at Ft. Davis

Brooks, James

Pvt.

L

10th Cav.

1/20/1883

Ft. Stockton, TX

Reenlistment; February of 1885 sick in quarters

Brooks, John

Cpl.

K

9th Cav.

12/26/1866

Lexington, KY

Brooks, John

Pvt.

B

10th Cav.

8/6/1884

San Antonio, TX

Joined troop on 9/1/1884; discharged 4/7/1885 "without character"

Brooks, Levi

Pvt.

B

9th Cav.

9/14/1869

Cincinnati, OH

Brooks, Lewis D.

Pvt.

D

8th Inf.

7/12/1851

Baltimore

Discharged at Ft. Davis; reenlisted in company at Ft. Davis

Brooks, Moses

Pvt.

B

41st Inf.

1/16/1867

Cincinnati, OH

Brooks, Thomas

Pvt.

H

10th Cav.

11/9/1876

Atlanta, GA

Deserted at Ft. Davis on 2/27/1881

Brooks, William

Pvt.

B

10th Cav.

3/30/1883

Baltimore, MD

Appt. troop blacksmith from private on 6/1/1883

Brophy, William

Pvt.

D

8th Inf.

11/3/1857

Philadelphia

Died at Ft. Quitman 12/29/1858 of "cerebritis"

Brosnahan, Thomas

Musc.

B

23rd Inf.

1/30/1886

New York, NY

Discharged per "Expiration of Service" on 1/29/1891; character "good"

Brott, John H.

Pvt.

I

16th Inf.

11/25/1884

St. Louis, MO

Broumfield, Jacob

Pvt.

C

24th Inf.

3/7/1878

Indianapolis, IN

Browler, Howard

Cpl.

K

9th Cav.

12/19/1866

Louisville, KY

Promoted Sgt. 1/1/1870, dishonorably discharged 2/9/1871

Brown, Abram

Pvt.

B

24th Inf.

12/23/1866

Nashville, TN

Discharged December 1869

Brown, Albert

Pvt.

Regt. Band

24th Inf.

2/18/1876

Nashville, TN

Brown, Amos

Pvt.

C

10th Cav.

4/10/1884

San Antonio, TX

Brown, Benjamin

Pvt.

B,C

24th Inf.

3/23/1880

Harrisburg, PA

Attached to Co. B from Co. C, summer 1880

Brown, Charles

Pvt.

D

25th Inf.

7/18/1871

Memphis, TN

Discharged at Ft. Davis on 8/29/1874

Brown, Charles

Corpl.

A

25th Inf.

10/13/1869

Ft. Pike, LA

Brown, Charles

Pvt.

C

8th Inf.

8/20/1855

Philadelphia

Appointed Cpl.

Brown, Charles

Pvt.

Band

1st Inf.

3/1/1879

Ft. Randall, DT

Dropped (dismissed) 1/27/1882

Brown, Charles H.

Pvt.

E

1st Inf.

8/6/1879

Boston, MA

Deserted at Ft. Bliss on 11/22/1881

Brown, Daniel

Pvt.

E

25th Inf.

1/7/1880

Baltimore, MD

Transferred to Co. B, 24th Infantry in May 1880

Brown, Daniel

Sergt.

I

10th Cav.

8/14/1882

Camp near Presidio, TX

Reenlistment

Brown, David

Pvt.

D and K

25th Inf.

6/16/1876

Ft. Davis, TX

Reenlistment; Spring of 1877 on duty as mason in Q.M. Dept.

Brown, David

Pvt.

F

9th Cav.

10/19/1866

New Orleans, LA

Brown, David

Sergt.

A

10th Cav.

10/11/1881

Boston, MS

Brown, Dennis

Pvt.

H

9th Cav.

10/18/1866

New Orleans, LA

Brown, Douglas

Pvt.

B

9th Cav.

9/13/1869

Washington, D.C.

Brown, Frank

Pvt.

H

10th Cav.

10/2/1884

Philadelphia, PA

Brown, George

Pvt.

B

9th Cav.

9/1/1866

Baton Rouge, LA.

Brown, George

Pvt.

Regt. Band

25th Inf.

5/15/1871

New York, NY

Died of acute dysentery on 9/18/1872

Brown, George

Pvt.

F

24th Inf.

3/18/1871

Louisville, KY

Brown, George W.

Pvt.

Regt. Band

10th Cav.

10/27/1881

Boston, MA

Brown, Gus

Pvt.

I

3rd Cav.

1/3/1885

Baltimore, MD

Brown, Harvey E.

Major

Surgeon

Staff

4/13/1863

Massachusetts

Served at Ft. Davis as Post Surgeon 04/1881 to 08/1881

Brown, Henry

Sergt.

B

24th Inf.

5/1/1867

Chattanooga, TN

On D.S. guarding U.S. mail station - winter 1869-70

Brown, Henry

Pvt.

H

10th Cav.

3/25/1882

Cincinnati, OH

Deserted at Ft. Davis on 4/24/1883

Brown, Horace

Pvt.

I

25th Inf.

2/1/1879

Ft. Davis, TX

Reenlistment

Brown, Horace

Pvt.

K

10th Cav.

12/23/1873

Baltimore, MD

Troop saddler

Brown, Jacob

Pvt.

H

1st Inf.

7/11/1878

Cincinnati, OH

On extra duty as laborer in the Subsistence Department

Brown, James

Pvt.

Regt. Band and G

25th Inf.

2/8/1875

Indianapolis, IN

Summer of 1875 on D. S. as stage station guard

Brown, James

Pvt.

C

10th Cav.

10/19/1876

Baltimore, MD

Discharged per "expiration of service" on 2/18/1881; character "good"

Brown, James

1st Sergt.

I

10th Cav.

7/22/1882

Camp near Presidio, TX

Reenlistment

Brown, James

Pvt.

B and H

10th Cav.

8/15/1882

Ft. Davis, TX

Deserted at Ft. Davis on 5/29/1884; surrendered; discharged 1/18/1885

Brown, James A.C.

Pvt.

G

8th Inf.

8/29/1855

New York

Appt. Cpl. 9/21/1858; discharged at Ft. Davis 8/29/1860 exp. of service

Brown, James C.

Pvt.

I

25th Inf.

2/19/1879

Nashville, TN

Brown, Jerry M.

Corpl.

H

10th Cav.

10/30/1876

Atlanta, GA

Discharged at Camp Pena Colorado on 10/29/1881; character "good"

Brown, John

Pvt.

H

8th Inf.

11/3/1857

Albany

Brown, John

Pvt.

C

8th Inf.

8/20/1855

Philadelphia

Appointed Cpl.

Brown, John

Pvt.

M

10th Cav.

8/20/1880

Ft. Concho, TX

Reenlistment

Brown, John

Pvt.

L

10th Cav.

10/3/1884

Cincinnati, OH

Brown, John C.

Pvt.

D

2TXMR

Age 20, killed by Indians 8/11/1861

Brown, John W.

Pvt.

E

25th Inf.

7/14/1879

Indianapolis, IN

Brown, John W.

Pvt.

G

25th Inf.

11/14/1870

Baltimore, MD

Discharged per Surgeon's Certificate of Disability in 3/1872

Brown, John W.

Pvt.

B

24th Inf.

8/2/1870

Baltimore, MD

Brown, Joseph

Pvt.

C

3rd Cav.

6/12/1885

St. Louis

On detached duty as troop cook

Brown, Joseph

Pvt.

I

9th Cav.

12/6/1866

Greenville, LA

On extra duty in Q.M .Dept. as herder July 3, 1867

Brown, Marian

Pvt.

C

24th Inf.

3/9/1878

Indianapolis, IN

Brown, Owen

Pvt.

C

24th Inf.

1/1/1878

Nashville, TN

Brown, Paul R.

Capt.

Asst. Surgeon

Staff

11/10/1874

New York

Served at Ft. Davis as Asst. Surgeon 11/1881 to 05/1882

Brown, Peter

Farrier

K

9th Cav.

12/24/1866

Louisville, KY

Deserted at Presidio, TX on Nov. 3, 1869

Brown, Plummer D.

Sergt.

H

25th Inf.

6/16/1875

Newport Barracks, KY

Brown, Primus

Pvt.

C

25th Inf.

1/19/1870

Washington, DC

Summer of 1872 on duty as company baker

Brown, Robert

Pvt.

B

24th Inf.

8/8/1870

Baltimore, MD

Brown, Robert

Corpl.

D

25th Inf.

11/23/1875

Baltimore, MD

In charge of post ordnance during spring of 1876

Brown, Rod

Corpl.

B

24th Inf.

4/5/1870

Ft. Davis, TX

Enlisted originally in 41st Inf.; promoted corpl. 24th Inf. 5/1/1870

Brown, Samuel

Pvt.

D

8th Inf.

10/2/1855

Philadelphia

Deserted 1857

Brown, Thomas

Pvt.

E

16th Inf.

9/12/1876

Columbus Barracks, OH

Reenlistment; on detached service at Ft. Quitman

Brown, Thomas

Pvt.

B

41st Inf.

12/28/1866

Lexington, KY

Brown, Thomas

Pvt.

A

24th Inf.

1/27/1880

San Antonio, TX

Reenlistment

Brown, Thomas F.

Pvt.

K

3rd Cav.

12/14/1883

Cincinnati, OH

Brown, Thomas P.

Pvt.

F

8th Inf.

11/13/1857

New York

Brown, Walter

Pvt.

E

3rd Cav.

12/6/1881

Philadelphia, PA

Brown, Washington

Pvt.

A

10th Cav.

12/12/1881

Springfield

Discharged "without character" in June, 1883

Brown, William

Pvt.

D

8th Inf.

9/4/1855

Boston

Deserted 1857, joined by reenlistment

Brown, William

Cpl.

C

8th Inf.

6/28/1855

New York

Appointed Cpl. 5/10/1857; reduced to Pvt. 12/8/1857

Brown, William

Pvt.

B

24th Inf.

5/11/1876

Columbus, OH

Brown, William

Pvt.

F

8th Cav.

6/19/1885

New York

Brown, William

Pvt.

A

8th Inf.

8/1/1855

Philadelphia

Joined from General Depot 12/28/1855; deserted from Ft. Clark

Brown, William

Pvt.

B

10th Cav.

3/19/1879

Baltimore, MD

On daily duty as cook; discharged on 3/18/1884; character: "excellent"

Brown, William H.

Lt. Col.

Field/Staff

1st Inf.

5/14/1861

Pennsylvania

Served at Ft. Davis 01/1882 to 05/1882

Brown, William L

Pvt.

B

41st Inf.

1/1/1867

Baton Rouge, LA

Brown, William S.

Pvt.

D

10th Cav.

7/24/1880

San Antonio, TX

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