His last hurrah before his death was the invitation and hosting of the Union veterans of his beloved 15th Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment troopers for their annual reunion in 1907 at his cherished home in Glen Eyrie. It was held there because General Palmer was unable to travel as usual after the 1906 accident in which he fell from a horse and broke his neck, also injuring his spinal cord. He was then confined to the use of a wheelchair. Most of the surviving troopers, over 200, attended that memorable reunion.
After the accident left him paralyzed for life, he ordered the horse shot. Many years later, his daughter Dorothy said "they should have shot him instead of the horse."
He was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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