Personal History:
Birth: Unknown
State-Pennsylvania
City-Halifax
County-Dauphin
Death: Unknown
Age @ Death-Unknown
Burial-Unknown
Residence: Unknown
Appearance:
Complexion-Brown
Eyes-Black
Hair-Black
Height-5'10"
Occupation: Waiter, Soldier
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown
Wife: Unknown
Children: On his fourth enlistment it is written
that he is not married but has one child.
Service Record:
Enlisted: 20 June 1867, Harrisburg, Penn
Discharged: 20 June 1872, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas
Service: 10th. Reg't. U.S. Cavalry H Troop
Enlisted: 24 July 1872, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas
Discharged: 24 July 1877, Ft. Davis, Texas
Service: 10th Reg't. U.S. Cavalry H Troop
Enlisted: 24 July 1877, Ft. Davis, Texas
Discharged: 23 July 1882, Ft. Davis, Texas
Service: 10th Reg't. U.S. Cavalry H Troop
Enlisted: 24 July 1882, Ft. Davis, Texas
Discharged: 23 July 1887, Ft. Apache, Arizona Territory
Service: 10th Reg't. U.S. Cavalry H Troop
Enlisted: 26 July 1887, Ft. Apache, Arizona Territory
Discharged: Unknown
Service: 10th Reg't. U.S. Cavalry H Troop
Medical History:
Identifying Marks: Two small scars middle of left side of neck.
22 Oct. 1868 - Contusion, Ft. Wallace, Kansas
19 April 1869 - Scurvy, Ft. Wallace, Kansas
6 Aug. 1869 - Diarrhoea, Camp Supply, Ind. Terr.
5 Jan. 1870 - Catarrh, Camp Supply, Ind. Terr.
4 April 1870 - Chicken Pox, Camp Supply, Ind. Terr.
4 Sept. 1870 - Acute Diarrhoea, Camp Supply, Ind. Terr.
1 Oct. 1870 - Boil, Camp Supply, Ind. Terr.
15 March 1872 - Quat.* Int. Fev., Ft. Sill, Ind. Terr.
14 Aug. 1872 - Quat. Int. Fev., Ft. Gibson, Ind. Terr.
9 March 1874 - Catarrh, Ft. Sill, Ind. Terr.
23 March 1874 - Contusion of arm, Ft. Sill, Ind. Terr.
2 Dec. 1875 - Catarrh, Ft. Davis, Texas
28 April 1877 - Sprain, Ft. Davis, Texas
29 Oct. 1877 - Conjunctivitis, Ft. Davis, Texas
8 Sept. 1879 - Conjunctivitis, Ft. Davis, Texas
I June 1880 - Acute Dysentery, Eagle Springs Field Hosp., Texas
20 Feb. 1881 - Sprain, right shoulder, accidental, Ft. Davis, Texas
13 April 1882 - Tonsillitis, Ft. Davis, Texas
25 Nov. 1882 - Diarrhoea, Ft. Davis, Texas
18 March 1883 - Tonsillitis, Ft. Davis, Texas
20 Sept. 1883 - Acute Bronchitis, Ft. Davis, Texas
24 Oct. 1883 - Piles, Ft. Davis, Texas *Quat - Quartan, an intermittent fever which occurs every fourth day.
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Warriors of Color
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Harold Ray Sayre
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