“In reply to an inquiry by the Bureau, the War Department reported, under date of January 15, 1903:

‘The stations of Troop C, Second U. S. Cavalry, during the period of Frederick Eberlein’s service therein, were as follows:

Pittsburg, Pa., June 26, 1855, to August 14, 1855
Jefferson Barracks, Mo., August 25, 1855, to October 27, 1855
En route to Fort Belknap, Tex., October 27, 1855, to January 2, 1856
Fort Mason, Tex., January 14, 1856, to August 1, 1856
Fort Clark, Tex., August 12, 1856, to date of discharge

Soldier is shown present for duty with troop on rolls for May and June, 1855, to November and December 1856, except on roll for July and August 1856, when he is shown on scout since August 20, 1856.

He was at the seat of Indian hostilities for the period of thirty days, having been a member of a detachment of the troop in the field in Texas in August and September, 1856, participating in an engagement against hostile Indians on August 30, 1856, between the Pecos and Rio Grande rivers in Texas.’ ”

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior. Decisions of the Department of the Interior – Pensions and Bounty-Land Claims, 1887-1930, Volumes 1-22. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. Record for Katharina Eberlein (Widow), decision date 16 February 1905.