August 26, 1896, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 64, at San Diego, California. On April 23, 1904 he was promoted to the rank of major on the retired list, in recognition of his service in the Union Army during the Civil War. DeRudio was a Companion of the California Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Charles DeRudio died in 1910 in Pasadena, California, of bronchial catarrh and acute enteritis. His remains were cremated and interred in San Francisco National Cemetery. References New York Herald account of DeRudio's experiences at Little Bighorn Connell, Evan S., Son of the Morning Star: Custer And The Little Bighorn. (1985) Hammer, Ken, ed., Custer in '76: Walter Camp's Notes on the Custer Fight. Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1976. Jesse, F. Tennyson, Murder and Its Motives. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. - Dolphin Books, 1924, 1958, 1965. [VI. "Murder From Conviction: Orsini", p. 216-240.] Marino, Cesare R., Dal Piave al Little Bighorn: La Straordinaria Storia del Conte Carlo Camillo Di Rudio, Da Cospiratore Mazziniano e Complice di Orsini a Ufficiale Nel 7.̊ Cavalleria Del Generale Custer (1996). Packe, Michael St. John, Orsini, The Story of a Conspirator. Boston, Toronto: Little Brown and Company, c1957. [DeRudio's involvement is shown throughout the book, but on page 282 his escape and later career are mentioned, and a reference to his memoirs - which Packe finds questionable.] Thompson, J. M., Louis Napoleon and the Second Empire. New York: Columbia University Press, c1955, 1983. [Chapter VI., p. 176-180; It gives the casualty rate in the attack.] , (pbk.) Williams, Roger L., Manners and Murders in the World of Louis-Napoleon. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, c1975. [Chapter 3: Felice Orsini's Defenders, p. 68-92; These deal with the conspiracy and trial and DeRudio's sentence.] External links Pictures and good background information on DeRudio in "Alien Horseman: an Italian Shavetail with Custer" 1832 births 1910 deaths United States Army officers People of the Great Sioux War of 1876 Italian prisoners sentenced to death Italian people imprisoned abroad Prisoners sentenced to death by France Italian people convicted of murder People convicted of murder by France Infectious disease deaths in California Devil's Island inmates Italian emigrants to the United States People of New York (state) in the American Civil War Italian escapees Escapees from French detention Battle of the Little Bighorn Italian