Mark Kellogg (reporter), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mark Kellogg (reporter)

American newspaper reporter

Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1831

Place of Birth: Brighton, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 25-Jun-1876

Profession: journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Mark 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.