Corp. James D. Abbott

James D. Abbott was a solder in the US Army. He first served in the Union Army during the American Civil War in Company A, 3rd Delaware Infantry Regiment. He enlisted on May 4, 1864 and mustered in on May 6, 1864 in Baltimore. On June 18, 1864, his back was slightly wounded at the Siege of Petersburg. On February 6, 1865, he was sent to a hospital in City Point, VA due to a sickness. He spent the next few months there and mustered out on June 3, 1865 at Arlington Heights, VA.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Maryland_Volunteer_Infantry He was transferred to Company K, 1st Delaware Infantry Regiment on June 3, 1865. He mustered out on July 12, 1865 in Munson's Hill, VA.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Delaware_Infantry_Regiment He also served in Company K, 4th US Artillery, enlisted September 25 1867, discharged on September 20, 1870 due to expiration of service at Fort Macon, NC.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Macon_State_Park#History He also served in Company C, 3rd US Infantry.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_U.S._Infantry_Regiment_(The_Old_G... Lastly, Corporal in Company K, 7th US Infantry. He was stationed at Fort Ellis. He participated in the The Battle of Little Bighorn as part of the Mounted Detachment.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Ellis
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)...
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn

On the morning of the 25th, Gibbon's command (General Terry being with it) broke camp, making a march of twenty-eight miles, over heavy mountain trails without any water, the day being very hot, and the men suffering greatly with thirst. In order that scouts might be sent out into the valley of the Little Big Horn, the cavalry, with the battery and a mounted detachment of the 7th Infantry commanded by Lieutenant Bradley, was pushed on thirteen miles further, not getting into camp until midnight. Scouts were sent out at half-past four in the morning of the 26th, who shortly afterwards brought in news that they had encountered some Indians, and had run them across the river. They proved to be Crow scouts which had been sent with Custer's command, and when they discovered that their pursuers were soldiers, they called across the river that Custer's command had been entirely destroyed by the Sioux, who were chasing the soldiers all over the country and killing them. The column now pushed up the valley of the Little Big Horn, as rapidly as the men could march, halting and bivouacking on the open prairie about dark, having marched thirty-three miles since morning.

• Source - http://www.history.army.mil/books/R&H/R&H-7IN.htm