Timeline
Birth
Massachusetts
1861 - 1865Civil War (Union)
Unit
1st Cavalry
Conflict Period
Civil War (Union)
Branch
Army
Company
L
State
California
Served For
United States of America
Gold Star
Service Start Date
16/05/1863
Pvt
Enlistment- 4/05/1863
Hornitos, CA
Discharge
Pvt
Death- 2/08/1865
Ft Bowie, Cochise County, AZ
Natural Cause?
Hospital at Ft Bowie, Arizona Territory
Disease?
Burial- When FT Bowie Closed
Remains removed to San Francisco Nat'l Cemetery (plot 901) 1895
Ft Bowie Cemetery, Cochise Co AZ Territory
Other Facts
Full Name
Samuel Payson
Occupation
Optician
Age at Enlistment
43
Personal Effects -
"No effects - whatever effects he had were worthless"
Complexion
Light
Physical Description: Height
5' 4.5"
Physical Description: Eye Color
Grey
Physical Description: Hair Color
Light
Term of Enlistment
3 Years
