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About Lieut. Colville Mott Pettit
~• confusing: (lack of details.. which is unusual for a commissioned officer) He died one evening at 9:15 Pm... That is all I've been able to glean so far. He was a 1st Lieut. in Company K, 8th Inf... which was detailed to collect the dead of Wounded Knee in the days just after Colville's death
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26795259/colville-mott-pettit
his non-combat death occurred in Ft. Robinson c. 90 miles from the site of the Wounded Knee killings
Appointed to West Point in 1882, class of 1886 Member of Zeta Psi Fraternity
- Second Lieutenant, Company D, 8th Infantry under Col August V Kautz when he died
see short bio. at findagrave
Colville had been in charge of the "delivery of annuity goods" to reservation Indians as we read in
https://www.newspapers.com/image/650281442/?terms=%22colville%20Pet...
The Kansas City Times
11 Jan 1891, Sun ·Page 6
This position was then assigned to Capt. F. Beers Taylor of the 9th cavalry.
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Lieut. Colville Mott Pettit's Timeline
| 1865 |
January 29, 1865
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NY, United States
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| 1890 |
December 30, 1890
Age 25
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Ft.. Robinson, Crawford, Dawes County, NE, United States
Mil. rec. states 9:00 PM at Ft. Robinson (no cause)
230 of 278 in
assigned then to Company D, 8th Inf. Moot's responsibilities were assigned to Capt. F. Beers Taylor of the 9th cavalry |
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Slate Hill cemetery, Goshen, Orange County, New York, United States
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