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Photographer: Bill Coughlin
Taken: April 14, 2011
Caption: Benj. H. Hodgson Marker in Laurel Hill Cemetery
Additional Description: Benjamin H. Hodgson was an aid to Col. Marcus Reno during the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. After being wounded several times, Hodgson fell at the foot of a bluff that was being held by survivors of his regiment. Since the spot where he fell was occupied by federal soldiers, his body was spared the mutilation that other fallen soldiers were subjected to. Originally buried on the bluff where he fell, Hodgson’s remains were later transferred to Laurel Hill Cemetery in his native Philadelphia.
Submitted: March 18, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
Database Locator Identification Number: p147448
File Size: 4.489 Megabytes

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