Born – March 17, 1847
(Ballinlough, Rascommon County, Ireland)
Died – September 23, 1933
(Hot Springs, SD)
Grave location – Bear
Butte Cemetery, Sturgis, SD
He enlisted on October 8, 1873, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by
Lt. William Volkmar. He listed his previous occupation as
blacksmith. He participated with the 7th Cavalry during its Black
Hills Expedition of 1874. He was discharged on October 8, 1878, at
Camp Ruhlen, Dakota, upon expiration of service, as a private of
good character. He was post blacksmith at Fort Meade from 1879 to
1884. On July 9, 1882, he married Mary Harlow at the Fort Meade
Chapel and resided in Sturgis, South Dakota. He had grey eyes, brown
hair, a dark complexion, and was 5’ 7 ½” tall. He was wounded
in the left leg (thigh) at the beginning of the retreat from the
valley during the Little Bighorn fight on June 25, 1876. He was
taken to Fort Lincoln aboard the steamer Far West. His story of the
Battle of the Little Bighorn was published in The Sunshine Magazine
on September 30, 1930, as “The Story of the Little Bighorn Campaign
of 1876.”
Headstone for Daniel Newell at Bear Butte Cemetery - Sturgis,
South Dakota
Mary Newell, wife of Daniel, is second from the left in
this photo from circa 1906.
Daniel Newell's pocket watch - on display in Cavalry Museum at
Fort Meade, Sturgis, SD.
