Record of Death and Interment shows:
Name and No. of person interred: Thomas J. Elliott
No. and locality of grave: Grave No. 7, Fort Ransom D.T.
Hospital no. of deceased: 674
Regiment, rank & company: 20th Inf., 1st Lieut, Co. D
Residence before enlistment: Kentucky
Conjugal condition (if married the residence of widow): Married – At present at this post.
Cause of death: Hemorrhage of the bowels.
Age of deceased: blank
Nativity: Kentucky
Date of death and burial: Died March 19th and buried March 20th 1870.
From Heitman's Register and Dictionary of the US Army:
Elliott, Thomas I.(sic) Ky. Ky. 2lt 2 Ky inf, 9 Oct 1862; hon must out 19 June 1862; 2 lt 13 inf 23 Feb 1866; tr to 22 inf 21 Sept 1866; unassd 15 May 1869; assd to 20 inf 14 July 1869; died 19 Mar 1870.
As successive abandonments of U.S. Army frontier military posts and their cemeteries, the remains of this individual were moved to Fort Abercrombie, Dakota Territory, Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory and finally to Custer National Cemetery, Crow Agency, Montana.
Click here to view final resting place.
Record of Death and Interment shows:
Name and No. of person interred: Thomas J. Elliott
No. and locality of grave: Grave No. 7, Fort Ransom D.T.
Hospital no. of deceased: 674
Regiment, rank & company: 20th Inf., 1st Lieut, Co. D
Residence before enlistment: Kentucky
Conjugal condition (if married the residence of widow): Married – At present at this post.
Cause of death: Hemorrhage of the bowels.
Age of deceased: blank
Nativity: Kentucky
Date of death and burial: Died March 19th and buried March 20th 1870.
From Heitman's Register and Dictionary of the US Army:
Elliott, Thomas I.(sic) Ky. Ky. 2lt 2 Ky inf, 9 Oct 1862; hon must out 19 June 1862; 2 lt 13 inf 23 Feb 1866; tr to 22 inf 21 Sept 1866; unassd 15 May 1869; assd to 20 inf 14 July 1869; died 19 Mar 1870.
As successive abandonments of U.S. Army frontier military posts and their cemeteries, the remains of this individual were moved to Fort Abercrombie, Dakota Territory, Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory and finally to Custer National Cemetery, Crow Agency, Montana.
Click here to view final resting place.
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