FORT LARAMIE
The Cavalry Barracks
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Appendix 1
Muster Roll and Record of Events
This appendix, consisting of the Company K, 2nd
Cavalry Muster Roll for JulyAugust 1876, the record of events from
the same, and the Fort Laramie Special Orders pertaining to the company,
lists the members of Company K and their activities during the
period.
Name |
Rank |
Enlistment |
Birthplace |
Remarks |
James Egan | Captain | 2nd Lt. 1856 | Ireland |
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Colon Augur | 1st Lieutenant | 2nd Lt. 1868 | U. S. A. |
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James N. Allison | 2nd Lieutenant | 2nd Lt. 1871 | U. S. A. |
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John Gleason | 1st Sergeant | second | U. S. A. | present |
Charles Fisher | Sergeant | third | Germany | present |
John Young | Sergeant | first | West Indies | present |
Charles Dahlgreen | Sergeant | second | Sweden | on detached service, S.O. 131 |
Thomas Kelly | Sergeant | first | Ireland | present |
Andrew Cullen | Sergeant | first | ? | present |
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Joseph Parker | Corporal | second | ? | present |
James Truka | Corporal | second | Bohemia | present |
Patrick Norton | Corporal | first | ? | on detached service, Chugwater |
Henry Hulin | Corporal | first | U. S. A. | present |
Herman Fiedler | Trumpeter | first | ? | present |
Patrick Goings | Farrier | first | Ireland | present |
Jeremiah Casey | Blacksmith | first | Ireland | present |
Edward Droege | Saddler | first | U. S. A. | present |
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Burke, John | Private | second | Ireland | present |
Black, Henry | Private | first | U. S. A. | in guard house |
Bethon, William | Private | first | U. S. A. | on detached service |
Brown, William | Private | first | U. S. A. | extra duty, plasterer |
Benson, Joseph | Private | first | U. S. A. | on detached service, S.O. 131 |
Bennett, James | Private | first | U. S. A. | present |
Burke, John | Private | first | Ireland | on detached service, S.O.131 |
Carney, James | Private | first | Ireland | in guardhouse |
Crowley, Paul | Private | first | U. S. A. | on detached service, S.O. 131 |
Crowley, Cornelius | Private | first | Ireland | present |
Collins, Emery | Private | first | U. S. A. | present |
Dresden, George | Private | second | Germany | present |
Droege, John | Private | first | U. S. A. | sick |
De Bont, Edward | Private | first | France | sick in post hospital |
Eagan, Edward | Private | first | U. S. A. | on detached service, S.O. 131 |
Fergergrun, Frank | Private | first | ? | present |
Fersch, Charles | Private | first | ? | on detached service, S.O. 131 |
Fillinger, Thomas | Private | first | U. S. A. | present |
Fleischman, John | Private | first | Germany | present |
Flam, Adolph | Private | first | ? | present |
Forsyth, William | Private | first | U. S. A. | present |
Griefield, Henry | Private | first | U. S. A. | present |
Holland, William | Private | second | England | present |
Hood, William | Private | second | U. S. A. | present |
Himmelsbach, Michael | Private | second | U. S. A. | present |
Henry, John | Private | first | U. S. A. | present |
Jamieson, James | Private | first | Ireland | present |
Kelly, John | Private | first | Ireland | present |
Kenney, Andrew | Private | first | U. S. A. | present |
Ludlow, William | Private | second | Ireland | present |
Luhring, Henry | Private | first | Germany | present |
Maitland, George | Private | first | U. S. A. | on detached service, S.O. 131 |
Martin, Patrick | Private | first | Ireland | on detached service, S.O. 131 |
Mahoney, Michael | Private | first | Ireland | present |
Mulasky, Andrew | Private | second | Ireland | present |
McCaffrey, John | Private | first | ? | on detached service, S.O. 131 |
McNaney, Thomas | Private | second | Ireland | present |
McNaney, Thomas | Private | first | ? | detached service, HdQrs, 2nd Cav., Ft. Sanders |
Newpert, Paul | Private | first | Germany | present |
Paine, Clinton | Private | first | U. S. A. | present |
Robbins, Daniel | Private | first | U. S. A. | present |
Richert, August | Private | first | Germany | on detached service, S.O. 131 present |
Studley, William | Private | first | U. S. A. | present |
Sollinger, Henry | Private | second | Germany | detached service, Ft. Sanders |
Southwick, Jonathan | Private | third | U. S. A. | present |
Tasker, Warren | Private | first | U. S. A. | present |
Tupper, Alexander | Private | first | Canada | deserted, awaiting trial New York |
White, William | Private | first | U. S. A. | present |
Attached, detachment of Company I, 2nd Cavalry |
Berth, Hugo | Private | first | U. S. A. | present |
Doyle, Henry | Private | first | ? | in guardhouse |
Kennright, William | Private | first | U. S. A. | present |
Schroeder, William | Private | first | ? | in confinement, 12 lb. ball, 14' chain, after six months to be drummed
or trumpeted out of the post |
Strong, William | Private | second | England | present |
Wilson, Henry | Private | first | U. S. A. | present |
Record of Events: JulyAugust 1876
The company arrived at Sage Creek, Wyoming Territory,
June 30, 1876, per S. O. 136, HdQrs, Ft. Laramie, Wyoming Territory.
From July 3 to July 8 stationed at Ft. Laramie; from July 9 to July 11
on scout after hostile Indians in the vicinity of Cottonwood Creek,
Wyoming Territory; stationed at Ft. Laramie from July 12 to July 19.
From July 19 to July 20 on scout after hostile Indians along the
Fetterman road (S. O. 164). From August 8 to August 13 stationed at Ft.
Laramie. From August 13 to August 15 after hostile Indians presumed to
be moving south-eastward from the Sabille toward Goskins Hole. From
August 16 to August 31 stationed at Ft. Laramie. Total distance marched
during the two months, 437 miles.
Special Orders, Ft. Laramie, Pertaining to
Company K during August 1876
1. S. O. 162, HdQrs. Ft. Laramie, Wyoming Territory:
Two men of Company K, 2nd Cavalry, mounted, armed, and equipped, and
rationed for two days will proceed hence this evening as bearers of
dispatches to the commanding officer, Camp Robinson, Nebraska, whence
they will return without delay.
2. S. O. 164, HdQrs, Ft. Laramie, Wyoming Territory,
August 3, 1876: Captain James Egan, 2nd Cavalry, with available men of
his company will proceed hence at once, along the Fetterman road in the
direction of the cut off to meet Captain N. S. Stanton, Corps of
Engineers, and surveying party, and to trace a small escort with
ambulance from Ft. Fetterman, supposed to have been killed by
Indians.
3. S. O. 170, HdQrs, Ft. Laramie, Wyoming Territory,
August 13, 1876: Captain James Egan 2nd Cavalry, with the available men
of his company mounted, armed, and lightly equipped, and rationed for
three days will proceed hence, at once, on a scout after hostile Indians
presumed to be moving south-eastwards from the Sabille to Goskins
Hole.
4. S. O. 177, HdQrs, Ft. Laramie, Wyoming Territory,
August 23, 1876: Five privates, Company K, 2nd Cavalry (dismounted, with
1 Sergeant and 3 privates of Company F, 9th Infantry) armed, equipped,
and rationed for eight days will proceed hence tomorrow morning with the
battalion 4th Artillery to Red Clouds Agency as escort to subsistence
stores enroute thither, and return thence with the transportation
belonging to this post.
In addition one sergeant and ten men of Company K had
been on detached service since June 23, 1876, per Special Order 131,
HdQrs, Ft. Laramie, Wyoming Territory, which read:
A detail of one reliable sergeant and ten privates of
Company K, 2nd Cavalry, mounted equipped, and furnished with 100 rounds
of ammunition per man, with rations for 13 days, will proceed hence, on
detached service, along the Cheyenne road, as a permanent patrol to
scout up and down the valley of the Chugwater. The detachment will
return to this post whenever necessary, and receive additional supplies,
and the sergeant will keep a record of the marches, etc.
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