This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BURKE Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RkG.2ACEB/3132 Message Board Post: Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh/Default.htm Note: This is not my ancestry. I have NO additional information. I am just passing along information that may be useful. BURKE, RICHARD Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., October 1876 to January 1877. Entered service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in engagements.