Fort Laramie NHS: The Cavalry Barrracks - Fort Laramie Furnishing Study (Appendix 1)

FORT LARAMIE

The Cavalry Barracks
Fort Laramie Furnishing Study

Appendix 1
Muster Roll and Record of Events

This appendix, consisting of the Company K, 2nd Cavalry Muster Roll for July—August 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
Colon Augur	1st Lieutenant	2nd Lt. — 1868	U. S. A.
James N. Allison	2nd Lieutenant	2nd Lt. — 1871	U. S. A.

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

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

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: July—August 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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