Joseph Weis

(as recorded by Elizabeth Perkins Buchheit)

His letter to my father’s brother, William Buchheit Jr., follows. It extols education and work above all else. He went onto become a civil engineer in New York. Joseph Weis was in the army at Fort Abraham Lincoln in the Dakota Territory. He was in General Reno’s army which came up to relieve the army under Custer. They were too late!

[A note from the Administrator: Joseph Weis is the brother of Helena Weis, wife of William Buchheit.]