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McIlhargey, Archibald

Place of Birth: Antrim

Date of enlistment: 19 November 1872

Age given at enlistment: 27

Rank: Private

Company: I

Location on 25 June 1876: Crossed river with Reno's column - killed with Custer's column

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Name, date and place of birth not yet verified.

Carried the First Message from Reno

County Antrim. Northern Ireland.

'Men With Custer - Biographies of the 7th Cavalry', Edited by Ronald H. Nichols with Daniel I. Bird, CBHMA Inc., 2010, p. 263.

'Men With Custer - Biographies of the 7th Cavalry', Edited by Ronald H. Nichols with Daniel I. Bird, CBHMA Inc., 2010, p. 264..

  • Final Statement of Private Archibald McIlhargey’s signed by Captain Henry J. Nowlan, Commanding Company, at Fort Abraham Lincoln on December 5, 1876.

 

  • DUE SOLDIER
  • For five years’ continuous service under sec. 2, act August 4, 1854 … $2.00 per month
  • For retained pay under act of May 15, 1872 … $26.40
  • For clothing not drawn in kind … $160.17
  • For deposits with the USA Paymaster August 5th, 1875 … $8.50
  • DUE UNITED STATES
  • For tobacco … $1.71
  • The above statement does not take into account pay due for the period May 1 to June 25, 1876 at $13 a month.

 

  • His widow married Sergeant Michael Caddle, Company I, on Christmas Day 1877.
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