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On his enlistment on [[20 October 1875]], by Lt. [[Patrick Cusack]], 9th Cavalry, at [[Cincinnati, Ohio]],  Andrew Carter claimed to be 24 year-old labourer, born in Lincoln, England.  He joined the [[7th Cavalry]] on [[14 April 1876]] at [[Fort Abraham Lincoln]] and assigned to the band two weeks later, presumably because he could play an instrument.  Along with the rest of the regimental band he was left behind at the [[Powder River Depot]] on 14 June 1876 and consequently did not take part in the [[Battle of the Little Big Horn]].  He was among those who set off on 6 August for Fort Lincoln aboard the steamer [[Josephine]].

Carter’s career with the Seventh was a short one. In December 1876 he was in confinement for having stolen three Springfield carbines from the band’s quarters and pawned them in Bismarck. He was dishonorably discharged at Fort Lincoln on 27  January 1877 and sentenced by general court martial to two years confinement with hard labor, which he was never to serve, as he escaped from the post guardhouse nine days later.

His fate remains unknown.