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Ohio's Last Indian War Veteran Recalls Frontiersman Days
Story by C H Harris profiles Edward Francis Fitzgerald 83 of Pomeroy Ohio. Irish-born enlisted before 1900, served with General Miles in the Black Hills and at Little Big Horn, wounded in calf, witnessed Wounded Knee trench, earned Indian Wars Medal. He recalls navy service, Statue of Liberty sighting, Boer War influence, and life in Columbus Omaha and Pomeroy. He remains active, caring for his wife, and preserves a mentor’s memory of the era.
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C. H. Harris
United States
Edward Francis Fitzgerald
Liberty Ave
Pomeroy
Ohio
Black Hills
South Dakota
Fitzgerald
Miles
Wounded Knee
Little Big Horn
Army
Navy
U. S
County Kerry
Ireland
Killarney
New Haven
Conn
Spain
Gibraltar
New Zealand
New York Harbor
Venezuela
Omaha
Columbus
Merchant Marine
South Africa
New York
Springfield