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Pvt George English

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Pvt George English

Birth
England
Death
17 Feb 1865 (aged 28)
Cochise County, Arizona, USA
Burial
Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona, USA Add to Map
Plot
POW-MIA Memorial
Memorial ID
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CENOTAPH

Civil War: Company L, 1st California Cavalry

George English enlisted as a private at San Jose, California, May 21, 1863, and was mustered into Captain James Corman’s Company L, 1st California Cavalry, June 12. Private English was posted to Tubac, Arizona Territory. Private English was reported missing in action following an attack by Apaches on the vedette station at the site of old Fort Buchanan February 17, 1865. At the time of the attack Private English was on a foraging detail hunting for wild game some 15 miles east of old Fort Buchanan in what is now Cochise County. His remains were never recovered.
CENOTAPH

Civil War: Company L, 1st California Cavalry

George English enlisted as a private at San Jose, California, May 21, 1863, and was mustered into Captain James Corman’s Company L, 1st California Cavalry, June 12. Private English was posted to Tubac, Arizona Territory. Private English was reported missing in action following an attack by Apaches on the vedette station at the site of old Fort Buchanan February 17, 1865. At the time of the attack Private English was on a foraging detail hunting for wild game some 15 miles east of old Fort Buchanan in what is now Cochise County. His remains were never recovered.

Gravesite Details

Cenotaph. Gravesite Unknown.


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