Jeremiah Potter was possibly the Regiment’s youngest casualty. Rest in peace, son. God only knows the travails you dealt with as a boy or the hardships your mother faced in deciding that the cavalry was a better life than she could provide for you. I’m sure the other troopers at Fiddler’s Green take care of …
CHURCH, Abiah; enlisted: December 11, 1835, Boston, by Lieut. Wheelock; born: Putney, Vermont; age: 30 yrs; occupation: farmer; grey eyes, dark hair, fair complexion, 5’6½”; Company D, 2d Dragoons; died: August 1, 1836, Fort Drane, Florida [disease unknown]; rank: private.
LYONS, Michael; enlisted: November 22, 1835, Lancaster, by Capt. Boyce; born: Montgomery, Maryland; age: 26 yrs; occupation: tobacconist; grey eyes, brown hair, fair complexion, 5’11½”; Company D, 2d Dragoons; died July 24, 1836, Fort Drane, Florida [disease unknown]; [rank not listed, a private].
JACOBS, John; enlisted: November 21, 1835, Frederick, by Major Young; born: Newark, New Jersey; age: 32 years; occupation: currier; grey eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion, 5’10¾”; Company D, 2d Dragoons; killed by Indians July 18, 1836, Fort Drane, East Florida; [rank not listed, a private].
WIN, Timothy; enlisted: November 12, 1835, Baltimore, by Capt. Hawkins; born: Boston, Massachusetts; age: 23 yrs; occupation: laborer; blue eyes, sandy hair, light complexion, 5’6¾”; Company D, 2d Dragoons; died June 19, 1836, Fort Drane, Florida [disease unknown]; rank: [not listed, a private].
HODGES, John A.; enlisted: January 9, 1836, Baltimore, Maryland, by Cpt. Hawkins; born: Anne Arundel, Maryland; age: 23 yrs; occupation: currier; light blue eyes, light brown hair, light complexion, 5’6”; Company D, 2d Dragoons; died June 10, 1836; mortally wounded in action June 9, 1836 at Micanopy and died June 10, 1836 at Fort Drane; …
HYDE, John; enlisted: January 1, 1836, Boston, Massachusetts, by Lieut. Wheelock; born: New York, New York; age: 29 yrs; occupation: blacksmith; grey eyes, light hair, dark complexion, 5’6¼”; Company D, 2d Dragoons; died: May 20, 1836; shot by the enemy on the road from Micanopy to Fort Drane, Florida; rank: [not listed, a private]. Might …
DUNBAR, John S.; enlisted: January 11, 1836, Boston, by Lieut. Wheelock; born: Petersborough [Peterborough], New Hampshire; age: 23 yrs; occupation: printer; blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion, 5’8”; Company D, 2d Dragoons; died May 16, 1836, Fort Drane, Florida; [disease unknown]; rank: [not listed, a private].
BAILEY, Benjamin; enlisted: January 25, 1836, New York, New York, by Cpt. Wharton; born: Queens, NY; age: 25 yrs; occupation: tailor; hazel eyes, dark hair, fair complexion, 5’9¾”; Company D, 2d Dragoons; died: May 1, 1836, Fort Drane, Florida [disease unknown]; rank: private.
