This Week in Little Bighorn History

Charles Clinton BarnetĀ died in Anacortes, Skagit County, Washington,Ā onĀ April 3, 1935, and was buried there inĀ Grand View Cemetery.Ā He was a Private in Company G who was not present at the battle due to detached service at Powder River, Montana.

William FrankĀ died on April 6, 1880, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was a Private in Company B who was with the pack train and participated in the hilltop fight during the battle.

John Curtis HallĀ (left) died in Warsaw, Indiana, on April 6, 1908, and was buried under the name Peter Hall in theĀ Oakwood CemeteryĀ there.Ā He was a Private in Company D who participated in the hilltop fight.

HerbertĀ HezekiahĀ ArnoldĀ died onĀ April 6, 1929, in Meriden, Connecticut, and was buried there inĀ Walnut Grove Cemetery.Ā He was a Private in Company C who was not present at the battle due to detached service at Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory.

Charles Ackerman died at Fort Snelling Minnesota, on April 6, 1930. He was buried in the Forest Cemetery, which is now Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Maplewood, Ramsey County, Minnesota. He was a Private in Company K who was not present at the battle due to detached service at the Powder River Depot.

William H. Gilbert (left) married Mary Elizabeth Kittinger on April 7, 1870, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and they had a son named Rudy who was born in 1874. William was a Corporal in Company L who died with Custerā€™s Column and was buried on Last Stand Hill.

Alexander Brown (right) died on April 7, 1884, at Fort Meade, Dakota Territory, and was buried in the National Cemetery there. He was a Sergeant in Company G who was with the pack train and participated in the hilltop fight.

Phillip Flood died on April 7, 1905, in Washington, D.C. He was a Private in Company G who was not present at the battle because he was in the government hospital for the insane in Washington, D.C.

William Alexander was born on April 8, 1838, in Armagh, Ireland. He was a packer with the Quartermaster who was with the pack train and participated in the hilltop fight.

John Roscoe Gray was born in Aetna, Maine, on April 8, 1855. He was a Private in Company B who was not present at the battle due to detached service at Powder River, Montana.

Stephen Lawrence RyanĀ died on April 8, 1885, in Bismarck, Dakota Territory, and was buried inĀ St. Maryā€™s CemeteryĀ there.Ā He was a PrivateĀ in Company B who was with the pack train and participated in the hilltop fight.