Mark Kellogg | |
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Born | Marcus Henry Kellogg March 31, 1831 Brighton, Ontario, Canada |
Died | June 25, 1876 Near the Little Bighorn River in the eastern Montana Territory | (aged 45)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Newspaper reporter |
Marcus Henry Kellogg (March 31, 1831 – June 25, 1876) was a newspaper reporter killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Kellogg rode with George Armstrong Custer during the battle. His dispatches were the only press coverage of Custer and his men in the days leading up to the battle. As a newspaper stringer whose reports were picked up around the country, Kellogg is considered the first Associated Press correspondent to die in the line of duty.[1]