ELMER BABCOCK
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- 1040 County Route 8, Pharsalia, NY
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Chenango County Historian
ELMER BABCOCK
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ELMER BABCOCKBORN 1854
TOWN OF PHARSALIA
SERVED IN US 7TH CAVALRY
DIED JUNE 25, 1876
BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2014
Elmer Babcock was 21 years old when he enlisted in the United States Army. He was killed in action one year later at the Battle of Little Bighorn, also known as the Battle of the Greasy Grass or Custer’s Last Stand, in Montana. He is buried at Last Stand Hill, on the Little Bighorn Battlefield.