ALBEE, GEORGE E.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 41st U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Brazos River, Tex., 28 October 1869. Entered service
at: Owatonna, Minn. Birth: Lisbon, N.H. Date of issue: 18 January
1894. Citation: Attacked with 2 men a force of 11 Indians, drove
them from the hills, and reconnoitered the country beyond.
ALCHESAY
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Indian Scouts. Place and date:
Winter of 1872-73. Entered service at: Camp Verde, Ariz. Born: 1853,
Arizona Territory. Date of issue: 12 April 1875. Citation: Gallant
conduct during campaigns and engagements with Apaches.
ALLEN, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company I, 23d U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Turret Mountain, Ariz., 27 March 1873. Entered
service at: Lansingburg, N.Y. Birth: Brightstown, N.Y. Date of issue:
12 April 1875. Citation: Gallantry in action.
ANDERSON, JAMES
Rank and organization: Private, Company M, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 5 October 1870. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Canada East. Date of issue: 19 November 1870.
Citation: Gallantry during the pursuit and fight with Indians.
ASTON, EDGAR R.
Rank and organization: Private, Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At San Carlos, Ariz., 30 May 1868. Entered service at:
------. Birth: Clermont County, Ohio. Date of issue: 28 July 1868.
Citation: With 2 other men he volunteered to search for a wagon
passage out of a 4,000-foot valley wherein an infantry column was
immobile. This small group passed 6 miles among hostile Apache terrain
finding the sought passage. On their return trip down the canyon
they were attacked by Apaches who were successfully held at bay.
AUSTIN, WILLIAM G.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wounded Knee Creek, S. Dak., 29 December 1890. Entered
service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Galveston, Tex. Date of issue:
27 June 1891. Citation: While the Indians were concealed in a ravine,
assisted men on the skirmish line, directing their fire, etc., and
using every effort to dislodge the enemy.
AYERS, JAMES F.
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Sappa Creek, Kans., 23 April 1875. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Collinstown, Va. Date of issue: 16 November 1876.
Citation: Rapid pursuit, gallantry, energy, and enterprise in an
engagement with Indians.
BABCOCK, JOHN B.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Spring Creek, Nebr., 16 May 1869. Entered service at:
Stonington, Conn. Birth: New Orleans, La. Date of issue: 18 September
1897. Citation: While serving with a scouting column, this officer's
troop was attacked by a vastly superior force of Indians. Advancing
to high ground, he dismounted his men, remaining mounted himself
to encourage them, and there fought the Indians until relieved,
his horse being wounded.
BAILEY, JAMES E.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Winter of 1872-73. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Dexter, Maine. Date of issue: 12 April 1875. Citation: Gallant conduct
during campaigns and engagements with Apaches.
BAIRD, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant and Adjutant, 5th U.S.
Infantry. Place and date: At Bear Paw Mountain, Mont., 30 September
1877. Entered service at: Milford, Conn. Birth: Connecticut. Date
of issue: 27 November 1894. Citation: Most distinguished gallantry
in action with the Nez Perce Indians.
BAKER, JOHN
Rank and organization: Musician, Company D, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., October 1876 to January
1877. Entered service at: Brooklyn, N.Y. Birth: Germany. Date of
issue: 27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in engagements.
BANCROFT, NEIL
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn, Mont., 25 June 1876. Entered service
at: Chicago, Ill. Birth: Oswego, N.Y. Date of issue: 5 October 1878.
Citation: Brought water for the wounded under a most galling fire.
BARNES, WILL C.
Rank and organization: Private First Class, Signal Corps, U.S.
Army. Place and date: At Fort Apache, Ariz., 11 September 1881.
Entered service at: Washington, D.C. Birth: San Francisco, Calif.
Date of issue: 8 November 1882. Citation: Bravery in action.
BARRETT, RICHARD
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company A, 1st U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Sycamore Canyon, Ariz., 23 May 1872. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 12 April 1875.
Citation: Consplcuous gallantry in a charge upon the Tonto Apaches.
BEAUFORD, CLAY
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company B, 5th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: Winter of 1872-73. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Washington County, Md. Date of issue: 12 April 1875. Citation: Gallant
conduct during campaigns and engagements with Apaches.
BELL, JAMES
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 7th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Big Horn, Mont., 9 July 1875. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 2 December 1876. Citation: Carried
dispatches to Gen. Crook at the imminent risk of his life.
BERGERNDAHL, FREDERICK
Rank and organization: Private, Band, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place and
date: At Staked Plains, Tex., 8 December 1874. Entered service at:
------. Birth: Sweden. Date of issue: 13 October 1875. Citation:
Gallantry in a long chase after Indians.
BERTRAM, HEINRICH
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, 1868. Entered service at:------. Birth: Germany.
Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery in scouts and actions
against Indians.
BESSEY, CHARLES A.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Near Elkhorn Creek, Wyo., 13 January 1877. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Reading, Mass. Date of issue: 15 May 1890. Citation.
While scouting with 4 men and attacked in ambush by 14 hostile Indians,
held his ground, 2 of his men being wounded, and kept up the fight
until himself wounded in the side, and then went to the assistance
of his wounded comrades.
BISHOP, DANIEL
Rank and organization. Sergeant, Company A, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Turret Mountain, Ariz., 25 March 1873. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Monroe County, Ohio. Date of issue: 12 April 1875.
Citation: Gallantry in engagements.
BLAIR, JAMES
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company I, 1st U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: Winter of 1872-73. Entered service at:------. Birth:
Schuyler County, Pa. Date of issue: 12 April 1875. Citation: Gallant
conduct during campaigns and engagements with Apaches.
BLANQUET
Rank and organization: Indian Scouts. Place and date: Winter of
1872-73. Entered service at:------. Birth: Arizona. Date of issue:
12 April 1875. Citation: Gallant conduct during campaigns and engagements
with Apaches.
BOWDEN, SAMUEL
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company M, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 5 October 1870. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Salem, Mass. Date of issue: 19 November 1870.
Citation: Gallantry in pursuit of and fight with Indians.
BOWMAN, ALONZO
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Cibicu Creek, Ariz., 30 August 1881. Entered service
at: Washington Township, Knox County, Maine. Born: 15 June 1848,
Washington Township, Knox County, Maine. Date of issue: 4 November
1882. Citation: Conspicuous and extraordinary bravery in attacking
mutinous scouts.
BOYNE, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Mimbres Mountains, N. Mex., 29 May 1879; at Cuchillo
Negro River near Ojo Caliente, N. Mex., 27 September 1879. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Prince Georges County, Md. Date of issue:
6 January 1882. Citation: Bravery in action.
BRADBURY, SANFORD
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Hell Canyon, Ariz., 3 July 1869. Entered service
at. ------. Birth: Sussex County, N.J. Date of issue: 3 March 1870.
Citation: Conspicuous gallantry in action.
BRANAGAN, EDWARD
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Red River, Tex., 29 September 1872. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 19 November 1872. Citation.
Gallantry in action.
BRANT, ABRAM B.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn, Mont., 25 June 1876. Entered service
at: St. Louis, Mo. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue: 5 October
1878. Citation: Brought water for the wounded under a most galling
fire.
BRATLING, FRANK
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Near Fort Selden, N. Mex., 8-11 July 1873. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 12 August 1875. Citation:
Services against hostile Indians.
BRETT, LLOYD M.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 2d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At O'Fallons Creek, Mont., 1 April 1880. Entered service
at: Malden, Mass. Born: 22 February 1856, Dead River, Maine. Date
of issue: 7 February 1895. Citation: Fearless exposure and dashing
bravery in cutting off the Indians' pony herd, thereby greatly crippling
the hostiles.
BROGAN, JAMES
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Simon Valley, Ariz., 14 December 1877. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 9 January 1880. Citation:
Engaged singlehanded 2 renegade Indians until his horse was shot
under him and then pursued them so long as he was able.
BROPHY, JAMES
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, 1868. Entered service at: Stockton, Calif. Born:
20 May 1846, Kilkenny, Ireland. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation:
Bravery in scouts and actions against Indians.
BROWN, BENJAMIN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 24th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: Arizona, 11 May 1889. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Spotsylvania County, Va. Date of issue: 19 February 1890.
Citation: Although shot in the abdomen, in a fight between a paymaster's
escort and robbers, did not leave the field until again wounded
through both arms.
BROWN, JAMES
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Davidson Canyon near Camp Crittenden, Ariz., 27 August
1872. Entered service at:------. Birth: Wexford, Ireland. Date of
issue: 4 December 1874. Citation: In command of a detachment of
4 men defeated a superior force.
BROWN, LORENZO D.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 7th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Big Hole, Mont. 9 August 1877. Entered service at:
Indianapolis, Ind. Birth: Davidson County, N.C. Date of issue: 8
May 1878. Citation: After having been severely wounded in right
shoulder, continued to do duty in a most courageous manner.
BRYAN, WILLIAM C.
Rank and organization: Hospital Steward, U.S. Army. Place and date:
At Powder River, Wyo., 17 March 1876. Entered service at: St. Louis,
Mo. Born: 9 September 1850, Zanesville, Ohio. Date of issue: 15
June 1899. Citation: Accompanied a detachment of cavalry in a charge
on a village of hostile Indians and fought through the engagements,
having his horse killed under him. He continued to fight on foot,
and under severe fire and without assistance conveyed 2 wounded
comrades to places of safety, saving them from capture.
BURKARD, OSCAR
Rank and organization: Private, Hospital Corps, U.S. Army. Place
and date: At Leech Lake, Minn., 5 October 1898. Entered service
at: Hay Creek, Minn. Born: 21 December 1877, Achern, Germany. Date
of issue: 21 August 1899. Citation: For distinguished bravery in
action against hostile Indians. [Note: This, the last Medal of Honor
won in an Indian campaign, was awarded for an action during the
uprising of Chippewa Indians, on Lake Leech, northern Minnesota,
5 October 1898.]
BURKE, PATRICK J.
Rank and organization: Farrier, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, 1868. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Ireland.
Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery in scouts and actions
against Indians.
BURKE, RICHARD
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., October 1876 to January 1877.
Entered service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 27 April
1877. Citation: Gallantry in engagements.
BURNETT, GEORGE R.
Rank and organization. Second Lieutenant, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Cuchillo Negro Mountains, N. Mex., 16 August 1881.
Entered servlce at: Spring Mills, Pa. Birth. Lower Providence Township
Pa. Date of issue: 23 July 1897. Citation. Saved the life of a dismounted
soldier, who was in imminent danger of being cut off, by alone galloping
quickly to his assistance under heavy fire and escorting him to
a place of safety, his horse being twice shot in this action.
BUTLER, EDMOND
Rank and organization: Captain, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place and date:
At Wolf Mountain, Mont., 8 January 1877. Entered service at: Brooklyn
N.Y. Birth. Ireland. Date of issue: 27 November 1894. Citation.
Most dlstlngulshed gallantry m action with hostile Indians.
BYRNE, DENIS
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., October 1876 to January
1877. Entered service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue.
27 April 1877. Cltatlon: Gallantry in engagements.
CABLE, JOSEPH A.
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., October 1876 to January 1877.
Entered service at: Wisconsin. Birth. Cape Girardeau, Mo. Date of
Issue: 27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action.
CALLEN, THOMAS J.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date. At Little Big Horn, Mont., 25-26 June 1876. Entered service
at: Boston, Mass. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 24 October 1896.
Citatlon: Volunteered and succeeded in obtaining water for the wounded
of the command; also displayed conspicuously good conduct in assistlng
to drive away the Indians.
CALVERT, JAMES S.
Rank and organization. Private, Company C, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date. At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., October 1876 to January 1877.
Entered service at: ------. Birth. Athens County, Ohio. Date of
issue 27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action.
CANFIELD, HETH
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 2d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date. At Little Blue, Nebr. 15 May 1870. Entered service at.
------. Birth: New Meddford, Conn. Place of issue. 22 June 1870.
Citation. Gallantry in action.
CARPENTER, LOUIS H.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company H, 1 0th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Indian campaigns, Kansas and Colorado, September-October
1868. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Glassboro, N.J.
Date of issue 8 April 1898. Citation: Was gallant and meritorious
throughout the campaigns, especially in the combat of October 15
and in the forced march on September 23, 24 and 25 to the relief
of Forsyth's Scouts, who were known to be in danger of annihilation
by largely superior forces of Indians.
CARR, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 29 October 1869. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Columbus, Ohio. Date of issue: 14 February
1870. Citation: Gallantry in action.
CARROLL, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Private, Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery in
scouts and actions against Indians.
CARTER, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery in
scouts and actions against Indians.
CARTER, MASON
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Bear Paw Mountain, Mont., 30 September 1877. Entered
service at: Augusta, Ga. Birth: Augusta, Ga. Date of issue: 27 November
1894. Citation: Led a charge under a galling fire, in which he inflicted
great loss upon the enemy.
CARTER, ROBERT G.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: On Brazos, River, Tex., 10 October 1871. Entered service
at: Bradford, Mass. Birth: Bridgeport, Maine. Date of issue: 27
February 1900. Citation: Held the left of the line with a few men
during the charge of a large body of Indians, after the right of
the line had retreated, and by delivering a rapid fire succeeded
in checking the enemy until other troops came to the rescue.
CARTER, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Cibicu, Ariz., 30 August 1881. Entered service at:
New York, N.Y. Birth: Nashville, Tenn. Date of issue: 17 September
1891. Citation: Rescued, with the voluntary assistance of 2 soldiers,
the wounded from under a heavy fire.
CASEY, JAMES S.
Rank and organization: Captain, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place and date:
At Wolf Mountain, Mont., 8 January 1877. Entered service at: New
York, N.Y. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 27 November 1894.
Citation: Led his command in a successful charge against superior
numbers of the enemy strongly posted.
CHAPMAN, AMOS
Rank: Scout (Civilian). Born: 15 May 1839, Kalamazoo, Mich. Organization:
6th U.S. Cavalry. Place: Washita River, Texas. Date: 12 September
1874. Issue date: 4 November 1874. Citation: Gallantry in action.
(In 1916, the general review of all Medals of Honor deemed 900
unwarranted. This recipient was one of them. In June 1989, the U.S.
Army Board of Correction of Records restored the medal to this recipient.)
CHEEVER, BENJAMIN H., JR.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At White River, S. Dak., 1 January 1891. Entered service
at: Washington, D.C. Born: 7 June 1850, Washington, D.C. Date of
issue. 25 April 1891. Citation: Headed the advance across White
River partly frozen, in a spirited movement to the effective assistance
of Troop K, 6th U.S. Cavalry.
CHIQUITO
Rank and organization: Indian Scouts. Place and date: Winter of
1871-73. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Arizona. Date of issue:
12 April 1875. Citation: Gallant conduct during campaigns and engagements
with Apaches.
CLANCY, JOHN E.
Rank and organization: Musician, Company E, 1st U.S. Artillery.
Place and date: At Wounded Knee Creek, S. Dak., 29 December 1890.
Entered service at: ------. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue
23 January 1892. Citation: Twice voluntarily rescued wounded comrades
under fire of the enemy.
CLARK, WILFRED
Rank and organization: Private, Company L, 2d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Big Hole, Mont., 9 August 1877; at Camas Meadows, Idaho,
20 August 1877. Entered service at:------. Birth: Philadelphia Pa.
Date of issue: 28 February 1878. Citation: Conspicuous gallantry,
especial skill as sharpshooter.
CLARKE, POWHATAN H.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 10th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Pinito Mountains, Sonora, Mex., 3 May 1886. Entered
service at: Baltimore, Md. Birth: Alexandria, La. Date of issue:
12 March 1891. Citation: Rushed forward to the rescue of a soldier
who was severely wounded and lay, disabled, exposed to the enemy's
fire, and carried him to a place of safety.
CODY, WILLIAM F.
Rank: Civilian Scout. Born: Scott County, Iowa. Organization: 3rd
Cavalry U.S. Army. Action date: 26 April 1872. Place: Platte River,
Nebraska. Citation: Gallantry in action.
(In 1916, the general review of all Medals of Honor deemed 900
unwarranted. This recipient was one of them. In June 1989, the U.S.
Army Board of Correction of Records restored the medal to this recipient.)
COMFORT, JOHN W.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Staked Plains, Tex., 5 November 1874. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 13 October 1875.
Citation: Ran down and killed an Indian.
CONNOR, JOHN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 July 1870. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 25 August 1870. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
COONROD, AQUILLA
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., October 1876 to January
1877. Entered service at: Byran, Ohio. Birth: Williams County, Ohio.
Date of issue: 27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action.
CORCORAN, MICHAEL
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Agua Fria River, Ariz., 25 August 1869. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 3 March 1870.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
CO-RUX-TE-CHOD-ISH (Mad Bear)
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Pawnee Scouts, U.S. Army. Place
and date: At Republican River, Kans., 8 July 1869. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Nebraska. Date of issue: 24 August 1869. Citation:
Ran out from the command in pursuit of a dismounted Indian; was
shot down and badly wounded by a bullet from his own command.
CRAIG, SAMUEL H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Santa Cruz Mountains, Mex., 15 May 1886. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: New Market, N.H. Date of issue: 27 April 1887.
Citation: Conspicuous gallantry during an attack on a hostile Apache
Indian Camp; seriously wounded.
CRANDALL, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at: Worcester,
Mass. Birth: Worcester, Mass. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation:
Bravery in scouts and actions against Indians.
CRIST, JOHN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, 26 November 1869. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Baltimore, Md. Date of issue: 3 March 1870. Citation: Gallantry
in action.
CRISWELL, BANJAMIN C.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn River, Mont., 25 June 1876. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Marshall County, W. Va. Date of issue:
5 October 1878. Citation: Rescued the body of Lt. Hodgson from within
the enemy's lines; brought up ammunition and encouraged the men
in the most exposed positions under heavy fire.
CRUSE, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Big Dry Fork, Ariz., 17 July 1882. Entered service
at: Owensboro, Ky. Birth: Owensboro, Ky. Date of issue: 12 July
1892. Citation: Gallantly charged hostile Indians, and with his
carbine compelled a party of them to keep under cover of their breastworks,
thus being enabled to recover a severely wounded soldier.
CUBBERLY, WILLIAM G.
Rank and organization: Private, Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At San Carlos, Ariz., 30 May 1868. Entered service at:
------. Birth: Butler County, Ohio. Date of issue: 28 July 1868.
Citation: With 2 other men he volunteered to search for a wagon
passage out of a 4,000-foot valley wherein an infantry column was
immobile. This small group passed 6 miles among hostile Apache terrain
finding the sought passage. On their return trip down the canyon
they were attacked by Apache who were successfully held at bay.
CUNNINGHAM, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn River, Mont., 25 June 1876. Entered
service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Hudson, N.Y. Date of issue: 5
October 1878. Citation: Declined to leave the line when wounded
in the neck during heavy fire and fought bravely all next day.
DAILY, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery in
scouts and actlons agamst Indians.
DANIELS, JAMES T.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company L, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, 7 March 1890. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Richland County, 111. Date of issue: 15 May 1890. Citation: Untirlng
energy and cool gallantry under fire in an engagement with Apache
Indians.
DAWSON, MICHAEL
Rank and organization: Trumpeter, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Sappa Creek, Kans., 23 April 1875. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of issue: 16 November 1876.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
DAY, MATTHIAS W.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Las Animas Canyon, N. Mex., 18 September 1879. Entered
service at: Oberlin, Ohio. Birth: Mansfield, Ohio. Date of issue:
7 May 1890. Citation: Advanced alone into the enemy's lines and
carried off a wounded soldier of his command under a hot fire and
after he had been ordered to retreat.
DAY, WILLIAM L.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company E, 5th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: 1872-73. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Barron
County, Ky. Date of issue: 12 April 1875. Citation: Gallant conduct
during campaigns and engagements with Apaches.
DE ARMOND, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Upper Washita, Tex., 9-11 September 1874. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Butler County, Ohio. Date of issue: 23
April 1875. Citation: Gallantry in action.
DEARY, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company L, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Apache Creek, Ariz., 2 April 1874. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 12 April 1875.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
DEETLINE, FREDERICK
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn, Mont., 25 June 1876. Entered service
at: Baltimore, Md. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 15 October 1878.
Citation: Voluntarily brought water to the wounded under fire.
DENNY, JOHN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Las Animas Canyon, N. Mex., 18 September 1879. Entered
service at: 1867 Elmira, N.Y. Birth: Big Flats, N.Y. Date of issue:
27 November 189i. Citation: Removed a wounded comrade, under a heavy
fire, to a place of safety.
DICKENS, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 14 February 1870.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
DIXON, WILLIAM
Rank: Scout. Born: 25 October 1850, Ohio County, West Virginia.
War: Indian Campaigns. Organization: 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place: Wichita
River, Texas. Action date: 12 September 1874. Issue date: 4 November
1874. Citation: Gallantry in action.
(In 1916, the general review of all Medals of Honor deemed 900
unwarranted. This recipient was one of them. In June 1989, the U.S.
Army Board of Correction of Records restored the medal to this recipient.)
DODGE, FRANCIS S.
Rank and organization: Captain, Troop D, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Near White River Agency, Colo., 29 September 1879. Entered
service at: Danvers, Mass. Born: 11 September 1842, Danvers, Mass.
Date of issue: 2 April 1898. Citation: With a force of 40 men rode
all night to the relief of a command that had been defeated and
was besieged by an overwhelming force of Indians, reached the field
at daylight, joined in the action and fought for 3 days.
DONAHUE, JOHN L.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Baltimore County, Md. Date of issue:
14 February 1870. Citation: Gallantry in action.
DONAVAN, CORNELIUS
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Agua Fria River, Ariz., 25 August 1869. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 3 March 1870. Citatation:
Gallantry in action.
DONELLY, JOHN S.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., October 1876 to January 1877.
Entered service at: Buffalo, N.Y. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
27 April 1877. Cltation: Gallantry in action.
DOSHIER, JAMES B.
Rank: Post Guide during Indian Wars. Place: Holliday Creek, Texas.
Little Wichita River. Date: 5 October 1870. Entered service: Fort
Richardson, Texas. Born: Warren County, Tennessee, 2 May 1820. G.O.
No. ----- Issue date: 19 November 1870. Issue place: ----- Citation:
Gallantry in action and on the march.
(In 1916, the general review of all Medals of Honor deemed 900
unwarranted. This recipient was one of them. In June 1989, the U.S.
Army Board of Correction of Records restored the medal to this recipient.)
DOUGHERTY, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Blacksmith, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Detroit, Mich. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation:
Bravery in scouts and actions against Indians.
DOWLING, JAMES
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at: Cleveland,
Ohio. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery
in scouts and actions against Indians.
EDWARDS, WILLIAM D.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company F, 7th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Big Hole, Mont., 9 August 1877. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Brooklyn, N.Y. Date of issue: 2 December 1878.
Citatlon: Bravery in action.
ELDRIDGE, GEORGE H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 July 1870. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Sacketts Harbor, N.Y. Date of issue: 25 August
1870. Citation: Gallantry in action.
ELSATSOOSU
Rank and organization: Corporal, Indian Scouts. Place and date:
Winter of 1872-73. Entered service at:------. Birth: Arizona. Date
of issue: 12 April 1875. Citation: Gallant conduct during campaigns
and engagements with Apaches.
ELWOOD, EDWIN L.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: California. Birth: St. Louis, Mo. Date of issue: 14
February 1870. Citation: Gallantry in action.
EMMET, ROBERT TEMPLE
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Las Animas Canyon, N. Mex., 18 September 1879. Entered
service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue 24
August 1899. Citation: Lt. Emmet was in G Troop which was sent to
relieve a detachment of soldiers under attack by hostile Apaches
During a flank attack on the Indian camp, made to divert the hostiles
Lt. Emmet and 5 of his men became surrounded when the Indians returned
to defend their camp. Finding that the Indians were making for a
position from which they could direct their fire on the retreating
troop, the Lieutenant held his point with his party until the soldiers
reached the safety of a canyon. Lt. Emmet then continued to hold
his position while his party recovered their horses. The enemy force
consisted of approximately 200.
EVANS, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 7th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Big Horn, Mont., 9 July 1876. Entered service at: St.
Louis, Mo. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 2 December 1876. Citation:
Carried dispatches to Brig. Gen. Crook through a country occupied
by Sioux.
FACTOR, POMPEY
Rank and organization: Private, Indian Scouts. Place and date:
At Pecos River, Tex., 25 April 1875. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Arkansas. Date of issue: 28 May 1875. Citation: With 3 other
men, he participated in a charge against 25 hostiles while on a
scouting patrol.
FALCOTT, HENRY
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: France. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery in
scouts and actions against Indians.
FARREN, DANIEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery in
scouts and actions against Indians.
FEASTER, MOSHEIM
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wounded Knee Creek, S. Dak., 29 December 1890. Entered
service at: Schellburg, Pa. Birth: Schellburg, Pa. Date of issue:
23 June 1891. Citation: Extraordinary gallantry.
FEGAN, JAMES
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company H, 3d U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Plum Creek, Kans., March 1868. Entered service at:
------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 19 October 1878. Citation:
While in charge of a powder train en route from Fort Harker to Fort
Dodge, Kans., was attached by a party of desperadoes, who attempted
to rescue a deserter in his charge and to fire the train. Sgt. Fegan,
singlehanded, repelled the attacking party, wounding 2 of them,
and brought his train through in safety.
FERRARI, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Red Creek, Ariz., 23 September 1869. Entered service
at: Montgomery County, Ohio. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue:
23 November 1869. Citation: Gallantry in action.
FICHTER, HERMANN
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Whetstone Mountains, Ariz., 5 May 1871. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 13 November 1871. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
FOLEY, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Loupe Fork, Platte River, Nebr., 26 April 1872. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 22 May 1872. Citation: Gallantry in action.
FOLLY, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Bergen County, N.J. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation:
Bravery in scouts and actions against Indians.
FORAN, NICHOLAS
Rank and organization: Private, Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery in
scouts and actions against Indians.
FORSYTH, THOMAS H.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company M, 4th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Powder River, Wyo., 25 November 1876. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Hartford, Conn. Date of issue: 14 July
1891. Citation: Though dangerously wounded, he maintained his ground
with a small party against a largely superior force after his commanding
officer had been shot down during a sudden attack and rescued that
officer and a comrade from the enemy.
FOSTER, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Red River, Tex., 29 September 1872. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: England, Date of issue: 19 November 1872. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
FREEMEYER, CHRISTOPHER
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., 21 October 1876 to 8 January
1877. Entered service at: Chicago, Ill. Birth: Germany. Date of
issue: 27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action.
GARDINER, PETER W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date. At Sappa Creek, Kans., 23 April 1875. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Carlisle, N.Y. Date of issue: 16 November 1876.
Citation: With 5 other men he waded in mud and water up the creek
to a position directly behind an entrenched Cheyenne position, who
were using natural bank pits to good advantage against the main
column. This surprise attack from the enemy rear broke their resistance.
GARDNER, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Bavaria. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery in
scouts and actions against Indians.
GARLAND, HARRY
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company L, 2d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Muddy Creek, Mont., 7 May 1877; at Camas Meadows,
Idaho, 29 August 1877. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Boston,
Mass. Date of issue: 28 February 1878. Citation: Gallantry in action
with hostile Sioux, at Little Muddy Creek, Mont.; having been wounded
in the hip so as to be unable to stand, at Camas Meadows, Idaho,
he still continued to direct the men under his charge until the
enemy withdrew.
GARLINGTON, ERNEST A.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wounded Knee Creek, S. Dak., 29 December 1890. Entered
service at: Athens, Ga. Born: 20 February 1853, Newberry, S.C. Date
of issue: 26 September 1893. Citation: Distinguished gallantry.
GATES, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Bugler, Company F, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Picacho Mountain, Ariz., 4 June 1869. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Delaware County, Ohio. Date of issue: 3 March
1870. Citation: Killed an Indian warrior and captured his arms.
GAY, THOMAS H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Prince Edward Island. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation:
Bravery in scouts and actions against Indians.
GEIGER, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company H, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn River, Mont., 25 June 1876. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio. Date of issue: S October
1878. Citation: With 3 comrades during the entire engagement courageously
held a position that secured water for the command.
GEORGIAN, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 14 February 1870.
Citation: Bravery in action.
GERBER, FREDERICK W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant Major, U.S. Engineers. Place and
date: ------, 1839-71. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Germany.
Date of issue: 8 November 1871. Citation: Distinguished gallantry
in many actions and in recognition of long, faithful, and meritorious
services covering a period of 32 years.
*GIVEN, JOHN J.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company K, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 July 1870. Entered service
at: Cincinnati, Ohio. Birth: Daviess County, Ky. Date of issue:
25 August 1870. Citation: Bravery in action.
GLAVINSKI, ALBERT
Rank and organization: Blacksmith, Company M, 3d U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Powder River, Mont., 17 March 1876. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 16 October 1877. Citation:
During a retreat he selected exposed positions, he was part of the
rear guard.
GLOVER, T. B.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Troop B, 2d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Mizpah Creek, Mont., 10 April 1879; at Pumpkin Creek,
Mont., 10 February 1880. Entered service at:------. Birth: New York,
N.Y. Date of issue: 20 November 1897. Citation: While in charge
of small scouting parties, fought, charged, surrounded, and captured
war parties of Sioux Indians.
GLYNN, MICHAEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Whetstone Mountains, Ariz., 13 July 1872. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 4 December 1874. Citation:
Dtove off, singlehanded, 8 hostile Indians, killing and wounding
5.
GODFREY, EDWARD S.
Rank and organization: Captain, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date:
At Bear Paw Mountain, Mont., 30 September 1877. Entered service
at: Ottawa, Putnam County, Ohio. Born: 9 October 1843, Ottawa, Ohio.
Date of issue: 27 November 1894. Citation: Led his command into
action when he was severely wounded.
GOLDEN, PATRICK
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery in
scouts and actions against Indians.
GOLDIN, THEODORE W.
Rank and organization: Private, Troop G, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn, Mont., 26 June 1876. Entered service
at: Chicago, Ill. Born: 25 July 1855, Avon, Rock County, Wis. Date
of issue: 21 December 1895. Citation: One of a party of volunteers
who, under a heavy fire from the Indians, went for and brought water
to the wounded .
GOODMAN, DAVID
Rank and organization: Private, Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Lyry Creek, Ariz., 14 October 1869. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Paxton, Mass. Date of issue: 3 March 1870. Citation:
Bravery in action.
GRANT, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 18th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Fort Phil Kearny to Fort C. F. Smith, Dakota
Territory, February 1867. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Raleigh,
Tenn. Date of issue: 6 May 1871. Citation: Bravery, energy, and
perseverance, involving much suffering and privation through attacks
by hostile Indians, deep snows, etc., while voluntarily carrying
dispatches.
GREAVES, CLINTON
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Florida Mountains, N. Mex., 24 January 1877. Entered
service at: Prince Georges County, Md. Birth: Madison County, Va.
Date of issue: 26 June 1879. Citation: While part of a small detachment
to persuade a band of renegade Apache Indians to surrender, his
group was surrounded. Cpl. Greaves in the center of the savage hand-to-hand
fighting, managed to shoot and bash a gap through the swarming Apaches,
permitting his companions to break free .
GREEN, FRANCIS C.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, 1868 and 1869. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Mount Vernon, Ind. Date of issue: 6 September 1869. Citation: Bravery
in action.
GREEN, JOHN
Rank and organization: Major, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place and date:
At the Lava Beds, Calif., 17 January 1873. Entered service at: Ohio.
Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 18 November 1897. Citation: In order
to reassure his command, this officer, in the most fearless manner
and exposed to very great danger, walked in front of the line; the
command, thus encouraged, advanced over the lava upon the Indians
who were concealed among the rocks.
GRESHAM, JOHN C.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wounded Knee Creek, S. Dak., 29 December 1890. Entered
service at: Lancaster Courthouse, Va. Birth: Virginia. Date of issue:
26 March 1895. Citation: Voluntarily led a party into a ravine to
dislodge Sioux Indians concealed therein. He was wounded during
this action.
GRIMES, EDWARD P.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Milk River, Colo., 29 September to 5 October 1879.
Entered service at:------. Birth: Dover, N.H. Date of issue: 27
January 1880. Citation: The command being almost out of ammunition
and surrounded on 3 sides by the enemy, he voluntarily brought up
a supply under heavy flre at almost point blank range.
GUNTHER, JACOB
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, 1868 and 1869. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Schuylkill County, Pa. Date of issue: 6 September 1869. Citation:
Bravery in scouts and actions against Indians.
HADDOO, JOHN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company B, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., October 1876 to 8 January
1877. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of issue:
27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action.
HALL, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Logan County, lll. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation.
Bravery m scouts and actions against Indians.
HALL, WILLIAM P.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Near Camp on White River, Colo., 20 October 1879. Entered
service at: Huntsville, Mo. Birth: Randolph County, Mo. Date of
issue: 18 September 1897. Citation: With a reconnoitering party
of 3 men, was attacked by 35 Indians and several times exposed himself
to draw the fire of the enemy, giving his small party opportunity
to reply with much effect.
HAMILTON, FRANK
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Agua Fria River, Ariz., 25 August 1869. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 3 March 1870. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
HAMILTON, MATHEW H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wounded Knee Creek, S. Dak., 29 December 1890. Entered
service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Australia. Date of issue: 25 May
1891. Citation: Bravery in action.
HANLEY, RICHARD P.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn River, Mont., 25 June 1876. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of issue: 5 October
1878. Citation. Recaptured, singlehanded, and without orders, within
the enemy's lines and under a galling fire lasting some 20 minutes,
a stampeded pack mule loaded with ammunition.
HARDING, MOSHER A.
Rank and organization: Blacksmith, Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869.
Entered service at:------. Birth: Canada West. Date of issue: 14
February 1870. Citation: Gallantry in action.
HARRINGTON, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 September 1874. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Detroit, Mich. Date of issue: 4 November 1874.
Citation: While carrying dispatches was attacked hy 125 hostile
Indians, whom he and his comrades fought throughout the day. He
was severely wounded in the hip and unable to move. He continued
to fight, defending an exposed dying man.
HARRIS, CHARLES D.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Red Creek, Ariz., 23 September 1869. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Albion, N.Y. Date of issue: 23 November 1869.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
HARRIS, DAVID W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn River, Mont., 25 June 1876. Entered
service at: Cincinnati, Ohio. Birth: Indianapolis, Ind. Date of
issue: 5 October 1878. Citation: Brought water to the wounded, at
great danger to his life, under a most galling fire from the enemy.
HARRIS, WILLIAM M.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn River, Mont., 25 June 1876. Entered
service at: Mt. Vernon, Ky. Birth: Madison County, Ky. Date of issue:
5 October 1878. Citation: Voluntarily brought water to the wounded
under fire of the enemy.
HARTZOG, JOSHIJA B.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 1st U.S. Artillery.
Place and date: At Wounded Knee Creek, S. Dak., 29 December 1890.
Entered service at: ------. Birth: Paulding County, Ohio, Date of
issue: 24 March 1891. Citation: Went to the rescue of the commanding
officer who had fallen severely wounded, picked him up, and carried
him out of range of the hostile guns.
HAUPT, PAUL
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Hell Canyon, Ariz., 3 July 1869. Entered service at:
------. Birth: Prussia. Date of issue: 3 March 1870. Citation: Gallantry
in action.
HAWTHORNE, HARRY L.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 2d U S. Artillery. Place
and date: At Wounded Knee Creek, S. Dak., 29 December 1890. Entered
service at: Kentucky. Born: 1860, Minnesota. Date of issue: 1 1
October 1892. Citation: Distinguished conduct in battle with hostile
Indians .
HAY, FRED S.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Upper Wichita, Tex., 9 September 1874. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Scotland. Date of issue: 23 April 1875.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
HEARTERY, RICHARD
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Cibicu, Ariz., 30 August 1881. Entered service at:
San Francisco, Calif. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 20 July 1888.
Citation: Bravery in action.
HEISE, CLAMOR
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery in
scouts and actions against Indians.
HENRY, JOHN
(See John H. Shingle, true name.)
HERRON, LEANDER
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 3d U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: Near Fort Dodge, Kans., 2 September 1868. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Bucks County, Pa. Date of issue: Unknown. Citation:
While detailed as mail courier from the fort, voluntarily went to
the assistance of a party of 4 enlisted men, who were attacked by
about 50 Indians at some distance from the fort and remained with
them until the party was relieved.
HEYL, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 23d U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: Near Fort Hartsuff, Nebr., 28 April 1876. Entered service
at: Camden, N.J. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 26 October
1897. Citation: Voluntarily, and with most conspicuous gallantry,
charged with 3 men upon 6 Indians who were entrenched upon a hillside.
HIGGINS, THOMAS P.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation. Bravery in
scouts and actions against Indians.
HILL, FRANK E.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Date Creek, Ariz., 8 September 1872. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Mayfield, Wis. Date of issue: 12 August 1875.
Citation: Secured the person of a hostile Apache Chief, although
while holding the chief he was severely wounded in the back by another
Indian .
HILL, JAMES M.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company A, 5th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Turret Mountain, Ariz., 25 March 1873. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Washington County, Pa. Date of issue:
12 August 1875. Citation: Gallantry in action.
HILLOCK, MARVIN C.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wounded Knee Creek, S. Dak., 29 December 1890. Entered
service at: Lead City, S. Dak. Birth: Michigan. Date of issue: 16
April 1891. Citation: Distinguished bravery.
HIMMELSBACK, MICHAEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 2d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Blue, Nebr., 15 May 1870. Entered service at:
------. Birth: Allegheny County, Pa. Date of issue: 22 June 1870.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
HINEMANN, LEHMANN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company L, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Winter of 1872-73. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Germany. Date of issue: 12 August 1875. Citation: Gallant conduct
during campaigns and engagements with Apaches.
HOBDAY, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wounded Knee Creek, S. Dak., 29 December 1890. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Pulaski County, 111. Date of issue: 23
June 1891. Citation: Conspicuous and gallant conduct in battle.
HOGAN, HENRY
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company G, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., October 1876 to 8 January
1877. Entered service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
26 June 1894. Second award. Citation: Gallantry in actions.
SECOND AWARD
Place and date: At Bear Paw Mountain, Mont., 30 September 1877.
Citation: Carried Lt. Romeyn, who was severely wounded, off the
field of battle under heavy fire.
HOLDEN, HENRY
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn River, Mont., 25 June 1876. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: England. Date of issue: 5 October 1878.
Citation: Brought up ammunition under a galling fire from the enemy.
HOLLAND, DAVID
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., October 1876 to 8 January
1877. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Dearborn, Mich. Date of
issue: 27 April 1877. Citation. Gallantry in actions.
*HOOKER, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Tonto Creek, Ariz., 22 January 1873. Entered service
at ------. Birth: Frederick, Md. Date of issue: 12 August 1875.
Citation. Gallantry in action in which he was killed.
HOOVER, SAMUEL
Rank and organization: Bugler, Company A, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Santa Maria Mountains, Ariz., 6 May 1873. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Dauphin County, Pa. Date of issue: 12 August
1875. Citation: Gallantry in action, also services as trailer in
May 1872.
HORNADAY, SIMPSON
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Sappa Creek, Kans., 23 April 1875. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Hendricks County, Ind. Date of issue: 16 November
1876. Citation: With 5 other men he waded in mud and water up the
creek to a position directly behind an entrenched Cheyenne position,
who were using natural bank pits to good advantage against the main
column . This surprise attack from the enemy rear broke the ir resistance
.
HOWZE, ROBERT L.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company K, 6th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At White River, S. Dak., 1 January 1891. Entered
service at: Overton, Rusk County, Tex. Born: 22 August 1864, Overton,
Rusk County, Tex. Date of issue: 25 July 1891. Citation: Bravery
in action.
HUBBARD, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 2d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Blue, Nebr., 15 May 1870. Entered service at:
------. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 22 June 1870. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
HUFF, JAMES W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company L, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Winter of 1872-73. Entered service at: Vanburan, Pa. Born:
7 February 1840, Washington, Pa. Date of issue: 12 April 1875. Citation:
Gallant conduct during campaigns and engagements with Apaches.
HUGGINS, ELI L.
Rank and organization: Captain, 2d U.S. Cavalry. Place and date:
At O'Fallons Creek, Mont., 1 April 1880. Entered service at: Minnesota.
Birth: Illinois. Date of issue: 27 November 1894. Citation: Surprised
the Indians in their strong position and fought them until dark
with great boldness.
HUMPHREY, CHARLES F.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 4th U.S. Artillery. Place
and date: At Clearwater, Idaho, 11 July 1877. Entered service at:
------. Birth: New York. Date of issue: 2 March 1897. Citation:
Voluntarily and successfully conducted, in the face of a withering
fire, a party which recovered possession of an abandoned howitzer
and 2 Gatling guns Iying between the lines a few yards from the
Indians
HUNT, FRED O.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., October 1876 to 8 January
1877. Entered service at:------. Birth: New Orleans, La. Date of
issue: 27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in actions.
HUTCHINSON, RUFUS D.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn River, Mont., 25 June 1876. Entered
service at: Cincinnati, Ohio. Birth: Butlerville, Ohio. Date of
issue: 5 October 1878. Citation: Guarded and carried the wounded,
brought water for the same, and posted and directed the men in his
charge under galling fire from the enemy.
HYDE, HENRY J.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company M, 1st U .S. Cavalry.
Place and date: Winter of 1872-73. Entered service at: Princeton,
111. Birth: Bangor, Maine. Date of issue: 12 August 1875. Citation:
Gallant conduct during campaigns and engagements with Apaches.
IRWIN, BERNARD J. D.
Rank and organization: Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Army. Place and
date: Apache Pass, Ariz., 13-14 February 1861. Entered service at:
New York. Born: 24 June 1830, Ireland. Date of issue: 24 January
1894. Citation: Voluntarily took command of troops and attacked
and defeated hostile Indians he met on the way. Surgeon Irwin volunteered
to go to the rescue of 2d Lt. George N. Bascom, 7th Infantry, who
with 60 men was trapped by Chiricahua Apaches under Cochise. Irwin
and 14 men, not having horses began the 100-mile march riding mules.
After fighting and capturing Indians, recovering stolen horses and
cattle, he reached Bascom's column and help break his siege.
JACKSON, JAMES
Rank and organization: Captain, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place and date:
At Camas Meadows, Idaho, 20 August 1877. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: New Jersey. Date of issue: 17 April 1896. Citation: Dismounted
from his horse in the face of a heavy fire from pursuing Indians,
and with the assistance of 1 or 2 of the men of his command secured
to a place of safety the body of his trumpeter, who had been shot
and
JAMES, JOHN
Rank and organization: Corporal, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place and date:
At Upper Wichita, Tex., 9-11 September 1874. Entered service at:
------. Birth: England. Date of issue: 23 April 1875. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
JARVIS, FREDERICK
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Essex County, N.Y. Date of issue: 14
February 1870. Citation: Gallantry in action.
JETTER, BERNHARD
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Sioux campaign, December 1890. Entered service at:
------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 24 April 1891. Citation:
Distinguished bravery.
JIM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Indian Scouts. Place and date:
Winter of 1871-73. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Arizona Territory.
Date of issue: 12 April 1875. Citation: Gallant conduct during campaigns
and engagements with Apaches.
JOHNSON, HENRY
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Milk River, Colo., 2-5 October 1879. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Boynton, Va. Date of issue: 22 September 1890.
Citation: Voluntarily left fortified shelter and under heavy fire
at close range made the rounds of the pits to instruct the guards,
fought his way to the creek and back to bring water to the wounded.
JOHNSTON, EDWARD
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., October 1876 to 8 January
1877. Entered service at: Buffalo, N.Y. Birth: Pen Yan, N.Y. Date
of issue: 27 April 1877. Citation: C'allantry in action.
JONES, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Farrier, Company L, 2d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Muddy Creek, Mont., 7 May 1877- at Camas Meadows,
Idaho, 20 August 1877. Entered service at: Louisville, Ky. Birth.
Davidson County, N.C. Date of issue: 28 February 1878. Citation:
Gallantry in the attack against hostile Sioux Indians on May 7,
1877 at Muddy Creek, Mont., and in the engagement with Nez Perces
Indians at Camas Meadows, Idaho, on 20 August 1877 in which he sustained
a painful knee wound.
JORDAN, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Fort Tularosa, N. Mex., 14 May 1880; at Carrizo Canyon,
N. Mex., 12 August 1881. Entered service at: Nashville, Tenn. Birth:
Williamson County, Tenn. Date of issue: 7 May 1890. Citation: While
commanding a detachment of 25 men at Fort Tularosa, N. Mex., repulsed
a force of more than 100 Indians. At Carrizo Canyon, N . Mex., while
commanding the right of a detachment of 19 men, on 12 August 1881,
he stubbornly held his ground in an extremely exposed position and
gallantly forced back a much superior number of the enemy, preventing
them from surrounding the command.
KAY, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, 21 October 1868. Entered service at:------ Birth:
England. Date of issue: 3 March 1870. Citation: Brought a comrade,
severely wounded, from under the fire of a large party of the enemy.
KEATING, DANIEL
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company M, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 5 October 1870. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 19 November 1870. Citation:
Gallantry in action and in pursuit of Indians.
KEENAN, BARTHOLOMEW T.
Rank and organization: Trumpeter, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869.
Entered service at: ------. Birth: Brooklyn, N.Y . Date of issue:
14 February 1870. Citation: Gallantry in action.
KEENAN, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery in
scouts and actions against Indians.
KELLEY, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 14 February 1870.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
KELLY, JOHN J. H.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Upper Wichita, Tex., 9 September 1874. Entered
service at. ------. Birth: Schuyler County, 111. Date of issue:
23 April 1875. Citation: Gallantry in action.
KELLY, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Upper Wichita, Tex., 9 September 1874. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 23 April 1875. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
KELSAY
Rank and organization: Indian Scouts. Place and date: Winter of
1872-73. Entered service at:------. Birth: Arizona. Date of issue:
12 April 1875. Citation: Gallant conduct during campaigns and engagements
with Apaches.
KENNEDY, PHILIP
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., 21 October 1876 to 8 January
1877. Entered service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action.
KERR, JOHN B.
Rank and organization: Captain, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date:
At White River, S. Dak., 1 January 1891. Entered service at: Hutchison
Station, Ky. Birth: Fayette County, Ky. Date of issue: 25 April
1891. Citation: For distinguished bravery while in command of his
troop in action against hostile Sioux Indians on the north bank
of the White River, near the mouth of Little Grass Creek, S. Dak.,
where he defeated a force of 300 Brule Sioux warriors, and turned
the Sioux tribe, which was endeavoring to enter the Bad Lands, back
into the Pine Ridge Agency.
KERRIGAN, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 July 1870. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 25 August 1870. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
KILMARTIN, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Whetstone Mountains, Ariz., 5 May 1871. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Canada. Date of issue: 13 November 1871. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
KIRK, JOHN
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company L, 6th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 July 1870. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: York, Pa. Date of issue: 25 August 1870. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
KIRKWOOD, JOHN A.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company M, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Slim Buttes, Dakota Territory, 9 Septernber 1876. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Allegheny City, Pa. Date of issue: 16
October 1877. Citation: Bravely endeavored to dislodge some Sioux
Indians secreted in a ravine.
KITCHEN, GEORGE K.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Upper Wichita, Tex., 9 September 1874. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Lebanon County, Pa. Date of issue: 23 April 1875.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
KNAAK, ALBERT
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Switzerland. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery
in scouts and actions against Indians.
KNIGHT, JOSEPH F.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Troop F, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At White River, S. Dak., 1 January 1891. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Danville, 111. Date of issue: 1 May 1891. Citation:
Led the advance in a spirited movement to the assistance of Troop
K, 6th U.S. Cavalry.
KNOX, JOHN W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Upper Wichita, Tex., 9 September 1874. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Burlington, Iowa. Date of issue: 23 April
1875. Citation: Gallantry in action.
KOELPIN, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Upper Wichita, Tex., 9 September 1874. Entered
service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Prussia. Date of issue: 23 April
1875. Citation: Gallantry in action.
KOSOHA
Rank and organization: Indian Scouts. Place and date: Winter of
1872-73. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Arizona. Date of issue:
12 April 1875. Citation: Gallant conduct during campaigns and engagements
with Apaches.
KREHER, WENDELIN
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company C, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., 21 October 1876 to
8 January 1877. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Prussia. Date
of issue: 27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action.
KYLE, JOHN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company M, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Near Republican River, Kans., 8 July 1869. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio. Date of issue: 24 August 1869.
Citation: This soldier and 2 others were attacked by 8 Indians,
but beat them off and badly wounded 2 of them.
LARKIN, DAVID
Rank and organization: Farrier, Company F, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Red River, Tex., 29 September 1872. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 19 November 1872. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
LAWRENCE, JAMES
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Scotland. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery
in scouts and actions against Indians.
LAWTON, JOHN S.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Milk River, Colo., 29 September 1879. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Bristol, R.l. Date of issue: 7 June 1880. Citation:
Coolness and steadiness under fire; volunteered to accompany a small
detachment on a very dangerous mission.
LENIHAN, JAMES
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Clear Creek, Ariz., 2 January 1873. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 12 April 1875. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
LEONARD, PATRICK
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 2d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Blue, Nebr., 15 May 1870. Entered service at:
------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 22 June 1870. Second award.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
SECOND AWARD
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 23d U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: Near Fort Hartsuff, Nebr., 28 April 1876. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 26 August 1876.
Citation: Gallantry in charge on hostile Sioux.
LEONARD, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Private, Company L, 2d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Muddy Creek, Mont., 7 May 1877. Entered service at:
------. Birth: Ypsilanti, Mich. Date of issue: 8 August 1877. Citation:
Bravery in action.
LEWIS, WILLIAM B.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Bluff Station, Wyo., 20-22 January 1877. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of issue: 28 March 1879. Citation:
Bravery in skirmish.
LITTLE, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Bugler, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: West Indies. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery
in scouts and actions against Indians.
LOHNES, FRANCIS W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 1st Nebraska Veteran
Cavalry. Place and date: At Gilmans Ranch, Nebr., 12 May 1865. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Oneida County, N.Y. Date of issue: 24
July 1865. Citation: Gallantry in defending Government property
against Indians.
LONG, OSCAR F.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Bear Paw Mountain, Mont., 30 September 1877. Entered
service at: Utica, N.Y. Born: 16 June 1852, Utica, N.Y. Date of
issue: 22 March 1895. Citation: Having been directed to order a
troop of cavalry to advance, and finding both its officers killed,
he voluntarily assumed command, and under a heavy fire from the
Indians advanced the troop to its proper position.
LOWTHERS, JAMES
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Sappa Creek, Kans., 23 April 1875. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of issue: 16 November 1876.
Citation: With S other men he waded in mud and water up the creek
to a position directly behind an entrenched Cheyenne position, who
were using natural bank pits to good advantage against the main
column. This surprise attack from the enemy rear broke their resistance.
LOYD, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wounded Knee Creek, S. Dak., 29 December 1890. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 16 April 1891.
Citation: Bravery, especially after having been severely wounded
through the lung.
LYTLE, LEONIDAS S.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Near Fort Selden, N. Mex., 8-11 July 1873. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Warren County, Pa. Date of issue: 12 April 1875.
Citation: Services against hostile Indians.
LYTTON, JEPTHA L.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 23d U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: Near Fort Hartsuff, Nebr., 28 April 1876. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Lawrence County, Ind. Date of issue: 26
August 1876. Citation: Gallantry in charge on hostile Sioux.
MACHOL
Rank and organization: Private, Indian Scouts. Place and date:
Arizona, 1872-73. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Arizona. Date
of issue: 12 April 1875. Citation: Gallant conduct during campaign
and engagements with Apaches.
MAHERS, HERBERT
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Seneca Mountain, Ariz., 25 August 1869. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Canada. Date of issue: 3 March 1870. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
MAHONEY, GREGORY
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Near Red River, Tex., 26-28 September 1874. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: South Wales. Date of issue: 13 October 1875
Citation: Gallantry in attack on a large party of Cheyennes.
MARTIN, PATRICK
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Castle Dome and Santa Maria Mountains, Ariz. June and
July 1873. Entered service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
12 April 1875. Citation: Gallant services in operations of Capt.
James Burns, 5th U.S. Cavalry.
MATTHEWS, DAVID A.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, 1868 and 1869. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Boston, Mass. Date of issue: 6 September 1869. Citation: Bravery
in scouts and actions against Indians.
MAUS, MARION P.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 1st U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Sierra Madre Mountains, Mex., 11 January 1886. Entered
service at: Tennallytown, Montgomery County, Md. Birth: Burnt Mills,
Md. Date of issue: 27 November 1894. Citation: Most distinguished
gallantry in action with hostile Apaches led by Geronimo and Natchez.
MAY, JOHN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company L, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 July 1870. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 25 August 1870. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
MAYS, ISAIAH
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company B, 24th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: Arizona, 11 May 1889. Entered service at: Columbus
Barracks, Ohio. Born: 16 February 1858, Carters Bridge, Va. Date
of issue: 19 February 1890. Citation: Gallantry in the fight between
Paymaster Wham's escort and robbers. Mays walked and crawled 2 miles
to a ranch for help.
McBRIDE, BERNARD
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Brooklyn, N.Y. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery
in scouts and actions against Indians.
McBRYAR, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 1 0th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: Arizona, 7 March 1890. Entered service at: New York,
N.Y. Birth: 14 February 1861, Elizabethtown, N.C. Date of issue:
15 May 1890. Citation: Distinguished himself for coolness, bravery
and marksmanship while his troop was in pursuit of hostile Apache
Indians.
McCABE, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Near Red River, Tex., 26-28 September 1874. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 13 October 1875. Citation:
Gallantry in attack on a large party of Cheyennes.
McCANN, BERNARD
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 22d U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., 21 October 1876 to 8 January
1877. Entered service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action.
McCARTHY, MICHAEL
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Troop H, 1st U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At White Bird Canyon, Idaho, June 1876 to January
1877. Entered service at:------. Birth: St. Johns, Newfoundland.
Date of issue: 20 November 1897. Citation: Was detailed with 6 men
to hold a commanding position, and held it with great gallantry
until the troops fell back. He then fought his way through the Indians,
rejoined a portion of his command, and continued the fight in retreat.
He had 2 horses shot from under him, and was captured, but escaped
and reported for duty after 3 days' hiding and wandering in the
mountains.
McCLERNAND, EDWARD J.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 2d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Bear Paw Mountain, Mont., 30 September 1877. Entered
service at: Springfield, 111. Birth: Jacksonville, 111. Date of
issue: 27 November 1894. Citation: Gallantly attacked a band of
hostiles and conducted the combat with excellent skill and boldness.
McCORMlCK, MICHAEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., 21 October 1876 to 8 January
1877. Entered service at:------. Birth: Rutland, Vt. Date of issue:
27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action .
McDONALD, FRANKLIN M.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 11th U.S. Infantry Place
and date: Near Fort Griffin, Tex., 5 August 1872. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Bowling Green, Ky. Date of issue: 31 August 1872.
Citation: Gallantry in defeating Indians wlho attacked the mail.
McDONALD, JAMES
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Scotland. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery
in scouts and actions against Indians.
McDONALD, ROBERT
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Wolf Mountain, Mont., 8 January 1877. Entered service
at Fort Sumner, N. Mex. Birth: New York. Date of issue: 27 November
1894. Citation: Led his command in a successful charge against superior
numbers of hostile Indians, strongly posted.
McGANN, MICHAEL A.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company F, 3d U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Rosebud River, Mont., 17 June 1876. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 9 August 1880. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
McGAR, OWEN
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., 21 October 1876 to 8 January
1877. Entered service at: Pawtucket, R.I. Birtil: North Attleboro,
Mass Date of issue: 27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action.
McHUGH, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., 21 October 1876 to 8 January
1877. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Syracuse, N.Y. Date of
issue: 27 April 1877. Cltation: Gallantry in action.
McKlNLEY, DANIEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery
in scouts and actions against Indians.
McLENNON, JOHN
Rank and organization: Musician, Company A, 7th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Big Hole, Mont., 9 August 1877. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Fort Belknap, Tex. Date of issue: 2 December
1878. Citation: Gallantry in action.
680
McLOUGHLlN, MICHAEL
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., 21 October 1876 to
8 January 1877. Entered service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date
of issue: 27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action.
McMASTERS, HENRY A.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Red River, Tex., 29 September 1872. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Augusta, Maine. Date of issue: 19 November 1872.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
McMlLLAN, ALBERT W.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wounded Knee Creek, S. Dak., 29 December 1890. Entered
service at: Baltimore, Md. Birth: Baltimore, Md. Date of issue:
23 June 1891. Citation: While engaged with Indians concealed in
a ravine, he assisted the men on the skirmish line, directed their
fire, encouraged them by example, and used every effort to dislodge
the enemy.
McNALLY, JAMES
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company E, 8th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: Arizona, 1868 and 1869. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 6 September 1869. Citation: Bravery
in scouts and actions against Indians.
McNAMARA, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company F, 4th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Red River, Tex., 29 September 1872. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 19 November 1872. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
McPHELAN, ROBERT
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., 21 October 1876 to
8 January 1877. Entered service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date
of issue: 27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action.
McVEAGH, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery
in scouts and actions against Indians.
MEAHER, NICHOLAS
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Perry County, Ohio. Date of issue: 14
February 1870. Citation: Gallantry in action.
MECHLIN, HENRY W. B.
Rank and organization: Blacksmith, Company H, 7th U.S. Cavalry
Place and date: At Little Big Horn, Mont., 25 June 1876. Entered
service at: Pittsburgh, Pa. Born: 14 October 1851, Mount Pleasant,
Westmoreland County, Pa. Date of issue: 29 August 1878. Citation:
With 3 comrades during the entire engagement courageously held a
position that secured water for the command.
MERRILL, JOHN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Milk River, Colo., 29 September 187'J. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue: 7 June 1880. Citation:
Though painfully wounded, he remained on duty and rendered gallant
and valuable service.
MILLER, DANIEL H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Whetstone Mountains, Ariz., 5 May 1871. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Fairfield County, Ohio. Date of issue: 13 November
1871. Citation: Gallantry in action.
MILLER, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., 21 October 1876 to
8 January 1877. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Date of issue: 27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action.
MILLER, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation:
Bravery in scouts and actions against Indians.
MITCHELL, JOHN
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company I, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Upper Washita, Tex., 9-11 September 1874. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 23 April 1875.
Citation: Gallantry in engagement with Indians.
MITCHELL, JOHN J.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Hell Canyon, Ariz., 3 July 1869. Entered service at:
------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 3 March 1870. Citation: Gallantry
in action.
MONTROSE, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., 21 October 1876 to 8 January
1877. Entered service at: St. Louis, Mo. Birth: St. Paul, Minn.
Date of issue: 27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action.
MOQUIN, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Milk River, Colo., 29 September to 5 October 1879.
Entered Service at: ---------. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue:
27 January 1880. Citation: Gallantry in action.
MORAN, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Seneca Mountain, Ariz., 25 August 1869. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 3 March 1870. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
MORGAN, GEORGE H.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Big Dry Fork, Ariz., 17 July 1882. Entered service
at: Minneapolis, Minn. Birth: Canada. Date of issue: 15 July 1892.
Citation: Gallantly held his ground at a critical moment and fired
upon the advancing enemy (hostile Indians) until he was disabled
by a shot.
MORIARITY, JOHN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, 1868 and 1869. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
England. Date of issue: 6 September 1869. Citation: Bravery in scouts
and actions against Indians.
MORRIS, JAMES L.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company C, 8th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: Near Fort Selden, N. Mex., 8-11 July 1873. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 12 August 1875.
Citation: Services against hostile Indians.
MORRIS, WILLIAM W.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Upper Washita, Tex., 9-11 September 1874. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Stewart County, Tenn. Date of issue: 23 April
1875. Citation: Gallantry in engagement with Indians.
MOTT, JOHN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Whetstone Mountains, Ariz., 5 May 1871. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Scotland. Date of issue: 13 November 1871. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
MOYLAN, MYLES
Rank and organization: Captain, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date:
At Bear Paw Mountain, Mont., 30 September 1877. Entered service
at: Essex, Mass. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 27 November 1894.
Citation: Gallantly led his command in action against Nez Perce
Indians until he was severely wounded.
MURPHY, EDWARD
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: ------. Birth. Ireland. Date of issue: Unknown. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
MURPHY, EDWARD F.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Milk River, Colo., 29 September 1879. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Wayne County, Pa. [)ate of issue: 23 April 1880.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
MURPHY, JEREMIAH
Rank and organization: Private, Company M, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Powder River, Mont., 17 March 1876. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 16 October 1877. Citation:
Being the only member of his picket not disabled, he attempted to
save a wounded comrade.
MURPHY, PHILIP
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Seneca Mountain, Ariz., 25 August 1869. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 3 March 1870. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
MURPHY, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Seneca Mountain, Ariz., 25 August 1869. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 3 March 1870. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
MURRAY, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn, Mont., 25 June 1876. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: S October 1878. Citation:
Brought up the pack train, and on the second day the rations, under
a heavy flre from the enemy.
MYERS, FRED
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At White River, S. Dak., 1 January 1891. Entered service
at: Washington, D.C. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 4 February 1891.
Citation: With 5 men repelled a superior force of the enemy and
held his position against their repeated efforts to recapture it.
NANNASADDIE
Rank and organization: Indian Scouts. Place and date: 1872-73.
Entered service at:------. Birth: Arizona. Date of issue: 12 April
1875. Citation: Gallant conduct during campaigns and engagements
with Apaches.
NANTAJE (NANTAHE)
Rank and organization: Indian Scouts. Place and date: 1872-73.
Entered service at:------. Birth: Arizona. Date of issue: 12 April
1875. Citation: Gallant conduct during campaigns and engagements
with Apaches.
NEAL, SOLON D.
Rank and organization: Private, Company L, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 July 1870. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Hanover, N.H. Date of issue: 25 August 1870.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
NEDER, ADAM
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Sioux campaign, December 1890. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Bavaria. Date of issue: 25 April 1891. Citation: Distinguished
bravery.
NEILON, FREDERICK S.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Upper Washita, Tex., 9-11 September 1874. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of issue: 23 April 1875. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
NEWMAN, HENRY
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company F, 5th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Whetstone Mountains, Ariz., 13 July 1872. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 4 December 1874.
Citation: He and 2 companions covered the withdrawal of wounded
comrades from the fire of an Apache band well concealed among rocks.
NIHILL, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Whetstone Mountains, Ariz., 13 July 1872. Entered service
at: Brooklyn, N.Y. Born: 1850, Ireland. Date of issue: 4 December
1874. Citation: Fought and defeated 4 hostile Apaches located between
him and his comrades.
NOLAN, RICHARD J.
Rank and organization: Farrier, Company I, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At White Clay Creek, S. Dak., 30 December 1890. Entered
service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 1 April 1891.
Citation: Bravery.
O'CALLAGHAN, JOHN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery
in scouts and actions against Indians.
OLIVER, FRANCIS
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry
Place and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869.
En tered service at: ------. Birth: Baltimore, Md. Date of issue:
14 February 1870. Citation: Bravery in action.
O'NEILL, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Red River, Tex., 29 September 1872. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Tariffville, Conn. Date of issue: 19 November
1872. Citation: Bravery in action.
O'REGAN, MICHAEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Fall River, Mass. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation:
Bravery in scouts and actions against Indians.
ORR, MOSES
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Winter of 1872-73. Entered service at:------. Birth: Ireland
Date of issue: 12 April 1875. Citation: Gallant conduct during cam
paigns and engagements with Apaches.
OSBORNE, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company M, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Winter of 1872-73. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Boston, Mass. Date of issue: 12 April 1875. Citation: Gallant conduct
during campaigns and engagements with Apaches.
O'SULLIVAN, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Staked Plains, Tex., 8 December 1874. Entered service
at New York, N.Y. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 13 October 1875.
Cita tion: Gallantry in a long chase after Indians.
PAINE, ADAM
Rank and organization: Private, Indian Scouts. Place and date:
Canyon Blanco tributary of the Red River, Tex., 26-27 September
1874. Entered service at: Fort Duncan, Texas. Birth: Florida. Date
of issue: 13 October 1875. Citation: Rendered invaluable service
to Col. R. S. Mackenzie, 4th U.S. Cavalry, during this engagement.
PARNELL, WILLIAM R.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At White Bird Canyon, Idaho, 17 June 1877. Entered service
at: New York. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 16 September 1897.
Citation: With a few men, in the face of a heavy fire from pursuing
Indians and at imminent peril, returned and rescued a soldier whose
horse had been killed and who had been left behind in the retreat.
PAYNE, ISAAC
Rank and organization: Trumpeter, Indian Scouts. Place and date:
At Pecos River, Tex., 25 April 1875. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Mexico. Date of issue: 28 May 1875. Citation: With 3 other
men, he participated in a charge against 25 hostiles while on a
scouting patrol.
PENGALLY, EDWARD
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: England. Date of issue: 14 February 1870.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
PENNSYL, JOSIAH
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company M, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Upper Washita, Tex., 11 September 1874. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Frederick County, Md. Date of issue: 23 April
1875. Citation: Gallantry in action.
PHIFE, LEWIS
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at: Marion,
Oreg. Born: 31 October 1846, Des Moines County, Iowa. Date of issue:
24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery in scouts and actions against Indians.
PHILIPSEN, WILHELM O.
Rank and organization: Blacksmith, Troop D, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Milk River, Colo., 29 September 1879. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 12 December 1894. Citation:
With 9 others voluntarily attacked and captured a strong position
held by Indians.
PHILLIPS, SAMUEL D.
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 2d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Muddy Creek, Mont., 7 May 1877. Entered service at:
------. Birth: Butler County, Ohio. Date of issue: 8 August 1877.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
PHOENIX, EDWIN
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Near Red River, Tex., 26-28 September 1874. Entered service
at: Kentucky. Birth: St. Louis, Mo. Date of issue: 13 October 1875.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
PLATTEN, FREDERICK
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Sappa Creek, Kans., 23 April 1875. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 16 November 1876. Citation:
With S other men he waded in mud and water up the creek to a position
directly behind an entrenched Cheyenne position, who were using
natural bank pits to good advantage against the main column. This
surprise attack from the enemy rear broke their resistance.
POPPE, JOHN A.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Milk River, Colo., 29 September to S October 1879.
Entered service at:------. Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio. Date of issue:
27 lanuary 1880. Citation: Gallantry in action.
PORTER, SAMUEL
Rank and organization: Farrier, Company L, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 July 1870. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Montgomery County, Md. Date of issue: 25 August
1870. Citation: Gallantry in action.
POWERS, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue: 14 February
1870. Citation: Gallantry in action.
PRATT, JAMES
Rank and organization: Blacksmith, Company I, 4th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Red River, Tex., 29 September 1872. Entered service
at: Bellefontaine, Ohio. Birth: Bellefontaine, Ohio. Date of issue:
19 November 1872. Citation: Gallantry in action.
PYM, JAMES
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn River, Mont., 25 June 1876. Entered
service at: Boston, Mass. Birth: Oxfordshire, England. Date of issue:
S October 1878. Citation: Voluntarily went for water and secured
the same under heavy fire.
RAERICK, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Lyry Creek, Ariz., 14 October 1869. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 3 March 1870. Citation:
Gallantry in action with Indians.
RAGNAR, THEODORE
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company K, 7th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At White Clay Creek, S. Dak., 30 December 1890.
Entered service at:------. Birth: Sweden. Date of issue: 13 April
1891. Citation: Bravery.
RANKIN, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Red River, Tex., 29 September 1872. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Lewistown, Pa. Date of issue: 19 November 1872.
Citation: Gallantry in action with Indians.
REED, JAMES C.
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, 29 April 1868. Entered service at:------. Birth:
Ireland. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Defended his position
(with 3 others) against a party of 17 hostile Indians under heavy
fire at close quarters, the entire party except himself being severely
wounded.
RICHMAN, SAMUEL
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, 1868 and 1869. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Cleveland, Ohio. Date of issue: 6 September 1869. Citation: Bravery
in actions with Indians.
ROACH, HAMPTON M.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Milk River, Colo., 29 September to 5 Qctober 1879.
Entered service at:------. Birth: Concord, La. Date of issue: 27
January 1880. Citation: Erected breastworks under fire; also kept
the command supplied with water 3 consecutive nights while exposed
to fire from ambushed Indians at close range.
ROBBINS, MARCUS M.
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Sappa Creek, Kans., 23 April 1875. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Elba, Wis. Date of issue: 16 November 1876. Citation:
With 5 other men he waded in mud and water up the creek to a position
directly behind an entrenched Cheyenne position, who were using
natural bank pits to good advantage against the main column. This
surprise attack from the enemy rear broke their resistance.
ROBINSON, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company D, 3d U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Rosebud River, Mont., 17 June 1876. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 23 January 1880. Citation:
Discharged his duties while in charge of the skirmish line under
fire with judgment and great coolness and brought up the lead horses
at a critical moment.
ROCHE, DAVID
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company A, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., 21 October 1876 to
8 January 1877. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date
of issue: 27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action.
RODENBURG, HENRY
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., 21 October 1876 to 8 January
1877. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue:
27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action.
ROGAN, PATRICK
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 7th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Big Hole, Mont., 9 August 1877. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 2 December 1878. Citation:
Verified and reported the company while subjected to a galling fire
from the enemy.
ROMEYN, HENRY
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Bear Paw Mountain, Mont., 30 September 1877. Entered
service at: Michigan. Birth: Galen, N.Y. Date of issue: 27 November
1894. Citation: Led his command into close range of the enemy, there
maintained his position, and vigorously prosecuted the fight until
he was severely wounded.
ROONEY, EDWARD
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., 21 October 1876 to 8 January
1877. Entered service at: Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Birth: Poughkeepsie,
N.Y. Date of issue: 27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action.
ROTH, PETER
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 September 1874. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 4 November 1874. Citation:
While carrying dispatches was attacked by 125 hostile Indians, whom
he and his comrades fought throughout the day.
ROWALT, JOHN F.
Rank and organization: Private, Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Lyry Creek, Ariz., 14 Octs)ber 1869. Entered service
at: Belleville, Ohio. Birth: Belleville, Ohio. Date of issue: 3
March 1870. Citation: Gallantry in action with Indians.
ROWDY
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, Indian Scouts. Place
and date: Arizona, 7 March 1890. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Arizona. Date of issue: 15 May 1890. Citation: Bravery in action
with Apache Indians.
ROY, STANISLAUS
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn, Mont., 25 June 1876. Entered service
at:------. Birth: France. Date of issue: 5 October 1878. Citation:
Brought water to the wounded at great danger to life and under a
most galling fire of the enemy.
RUSSELL, JAMES
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue: 14 February
1870. Citation: Gallantry in action with Indians.
RYAN, DAVID
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., 21 October 1876 to 8 January
1877. Entered service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue:
27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action.
RYAN, DENNIS
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company I, 6th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Gageby Creek, Indian Territory, 2 December 1874.
Entered service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 23 April
1875. Citation: Courage while in command of a detachment.
SALE, ALBERT
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Santa Maria River, Ariz., 29 June 1869. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Broome County, N.Y. Date of issue: 3 March 1870.
Citation: Gallantry in killing an Indian warrior and capturing pony
and effects.
SCHNITZER, JOHN
Rank and organization: Wagoner, Troop G, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Horseshoe Canyon, N. Mex., 23 April 1882. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Bavaria. Date of issue: 17 August 1896. Citation:
Assisted, under a heavy fire, to rescue a wounded comrade.
SCHOU, JULIUS
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 22d U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: Sioux Campaign, 1870. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Denmark. Date of issue: 19 November 1884. Citation: Carried
dispatches to Fort Buford.
SCHROETER, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 14 February 1870.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
SCOTT, GEORGE D.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn, Mont., 25-26 June 1876. Entered service
at: Mt. Vernon, Ky. Birth: Lancaster County, Ky. Date of issue:
5 October 1878. Citation: Voluntarily brought water to the wounded
under fire.
SCOTT, ROBERT B.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Washington County, N.Y. Date of issue:
14 February 1870. Citation: Gallantry in action.
SHAFFER, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery in
scouts and actions against Indians.
SHARPLESS, EDWARD C.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Upper Washita, Tex., 9-11 September 1874. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Marion County, Ohio. Date of issue: 23 April 1875.
Citation: While carrying dispatches was attacked by 125 hostile
Indians, whom he (and a comrade) fought throughout the day.
SHAW, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Carrizo Canyon, N. Mex., 12 August 1881. Entered service
at: Pike County, Mo. Birth: Covington, Ky. Date of issue: 7 December
1890. Citation: Forced the enemy back after stubbornly holding his
ground in an extremely exposed position and prevented the enemy's
superior numbers from surrounding his command.
SHEERIN, JOHN
Rank and organization: Blacksmith, Company C, 8th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: Near Fort Selden, N. Mex., 8-11 July 1873. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Camden County, N.J. Date of issue: 12
August 1875. Citation: Services against hostile Indians.
SHEPPARD, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., 21 October 1876 to 8 January
1877. Entered service at: St. Louis, Mo. Birth: Rocky Hill, Conn.
Date of issue: 27 April 1877. Citation: Bravery in action with Sioux.
SHINGLE, JOHN H.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Troop 1, 3d U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Rosebud River, Mont., 17 June 1876. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 1 June 1880.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
SINGLETON, FRANK
(See Frederick S. Neilon, true name.)
SKINNER, JOHN O.
Rank and organization: Contract Surgeon, U.S. Army. Place and date:
At Lava Beds, Oreg., 17 January 1873. Entered service at: Maryland.
Birth: Maryland. Date of issue: Unknown. Citation: Rescued a wounded
soldier who lay under a close and heavy fire during the assault
on the Modoc stronghold after 2 soldiers had unsuccessfully attempted
to make the rescue and both had been wounded in doing so.
SMITH, ANDREW J.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: Baltimore, Md. Birth: Baltimore, Md. Date of issue:
14 February 1870. Citation: Gallantry in action.
SMITH, CHARLES E.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 July 1870. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Auburn, N.Y. Date of issue: 25 August 1870. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
SMITH, CORNELIUS C.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company K, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Near White River, S. Dak., 1 January 1891. Entered service
at: Helena, Mont. Birth: Tucson, Ariz. Date of issue: 4 February
1891. Citation: With 4 men of his troop drove off a superior force
of the enemy and held his position against their repeated efforts
to recapture it, and subsequently pursued them a great distance.
*SMITH, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company M, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 September 1874. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Greenfield, N.Y. Date of issue: 4 November 1874.
Citation: While carrying dispatches was attacked by 125 hostile
Indians, whom he and his comrades fought throughout the day. Pvt.
Smith was mortally wounded during the engagement and died early
the next day.
SMITH, OTTO
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, 1868 and 1869. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Baltimore, Md. Date of issue: 6 September 1869. Citation: Bravery
in scouts and actions against Indians.
SMITH, ROBERT
Rank and organization: Private, Company M, 3d U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Slim Buttes, Mont., 9 September 1876. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 16 October 1877.
Citation: Special bravery in endeavoring to dislodge Indians secreted
in a ravine .
SMITH, THEODORE F.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Rahway, N.J. Date of issue: 14 February
1879. Citation: Gallantry in action.
SMITH, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: ------. Birth. Boston, Mass. Date of issue: 14 February
1870. Citation: Gallantry in action.
SMITH, THOMAS J.
Rank and organization. Private, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: England. Date of issue: 14 February 1870.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
SMITH, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at. ------. Birth. Bath, Maine. Date of issue: 14 February
1870. Citation: Gallantry in action.
SMITH, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Lapeer County, Mich. Date of issue: 14
February 1870. Citation: Gallantry in action.
SNOW, ELMER A.
Rank and organization: Trumpeter, Company M, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Rosebud Creek, Mont., 17 June 1876. Entered service
at: ------. Birth. Hardwick, Mass. Date of issue: 16 October 1877.
Citation. Bravery in action; was wounded in both arms.
SPENCE, ORIZOBA
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: Tionesta, Pa. Birth: Forest County, Pa. Date of issue:
14 February 1870. Citation. Gallantry in action.
SPRINGER, GEORGE
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at:------. Birth: York County, Pa. Date of issue: 14 February
1870. Citation: Gallantry in action.
STANCE, EMANUEL
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Kickapoo Springs, Tex., 20 May 1870. Entered service
at. ------. Birth: Carroll Parish, La. Date of issue: 28 June 1870.
Citation. Gallantry on scout after Indians.
STANLEY, EBEN
Rank and organization: Private, Company A, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Near Turret Mountain, Ariz., 25 and 27 March 1873. Entered
service at. ------. Birth: Decatur County, Iowa. Date of issue:
12 April 1875. Citation: Gallantry in action.
STANLEY, EDWARD
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company F, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Seneca Mountain, Ariz., 26 August 1869. Entered service
at:------. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue: 3 March 1870. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
STAUFFER, RUDOLPH
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company K, 5th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: Near Camp Hualpai, Ariz., 1872. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Switzerland. Date of issue: 30 July 1875. Citation:
Gallantry on scouts after Indians.
STEINER, CHRISTIAN
Rank and organization: Saddler, Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 14 February 1870.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
STEWART, BENJAMIN F.
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 7th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Big Horn River, Mont., 9 July 1876. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Norfolk, Va. Date of issue: 2 December 1876.
Citation: Carried dispatches to Gen. Crook at imminent risk of his
life.
STICKOFFER, JULIUS H.
Rank and organization: Saddler, Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Cienaga Springs, Utah, 11 November 1868. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Switzerland. Date of issue: 3 March 1870. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
STIVERS, THOMAS W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn, Mont., 25-26 June 1876. Entered service
at: Mt. Vernon, Ky. Birth: Madison County, Ky. Date of issue: 5
October 1878. Citation: Voluntarily brought water to the wounded
under fire.
STOKES, ALONZO
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 July 1870. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Logan County, Ohio. Date of issue: 25 August 1870.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
STRAYER, WILLIAM H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Loupe Forke, Platte River, Nebr., 26 April 1872. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Maytown, Pa. Date of issue: 22 May 1862.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
STRIVSON, BENONI
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------Birth:
Overton, Tenn. Date of issue. 24 July 1869. Citation: Bravery in
scouts and actions against Indians.
SULLIVAN, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Covington. Ky. Date of issue: 14 February
1870. Citation: Gallantry in action against Indians concealed in
a ravine.
SULLIVAN, THOMAS
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wounded Knee Creek, S. Dak., 29 December 1890. Entered
service at: Newark, N.J. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 17 December
1891. Citation: Conspicuous bravery in action against Indians concealed
in a ravine.
SUMNER, JAMES
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: Chicago, Ill., Birth: England. Date of issue: 14 February
1870. Citation: Gallantry in action.
SUTHERLAND, JOHN A.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at: Montgomery
County, Ind. Birth: Monroe County, Ind. Date of issue: 24 July 1869.
Citation: Bravery in scouts and actions against Indians.
TAYLOR, BERNARD
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Near Sunset Pass, Ariz., 1 November 1874. Entered service
at: Washington, D.C. Birth: St. Louis, Mo. Date of issue: 12 April
1875. Citation: Bravery in rescuing Lt. King, 5th U.S. Cavalry,
from Indians.
TAYLOR, CHARLES
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company D, 3d U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Big Dry Wash, Ariz., 17 July 1862. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Baltimore, Md. Date of issue: 16 December 1882.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
TAYLOR, WILBUR N.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company K, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, 1868 and 1869. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Hamden, Maine. Date of issue: 6 September 1869. Citation: Bravery
in actions with Indians.
TEA, RICHARD L.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Sappa Creek, Kans., 23 April 1875. Entered servlce
at:------. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 16 November 1876.
Citation: With 5 other men he waded in mud and water up the creek
to a position directly behind an entrenched Cheyenne position, who
were using natural bank pits to good advantage against the main
column. This surprise attack from the enemy rear broke their resistance.
THOMAS, CHARLES L.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 11th Ohio Cavalry.
Place and date: At Powder River Expedition Dakota Territory, 17
September 1865. Entered service at:------. Birth: Philadelphia,
Pa. Date of issue: 24 August 1894. Citation: Carried a message through
a country infested with hostile Indians and saved the life of a
comrade en route.
THOMPSON, GEORGE W.
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 2d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Blue, Nebr., 15 May 1870. Entered service at:
------. Birth: Victory, N.Y. Date of issue: 22 June 1870. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
THOMPSON, JOHN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: New York, N.Y. Birth: Scotland. Date of issue: 14 February
1870. Citation: Bravery in action with Indians.
THOMPSON, PETER
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn, Mont., 25 June 1876. Entered service
at: Pittsburgh, Pa. Birth: Scotland. Date of issue: 5 October 1878.
Citation: After having voluntarily brought water to the wounded,
in which effort he was shot through the head, he made two successful
trips for the same purpose, notwithstanding remonstrances of his
sergeant.
TILTON, HENRY R.
Rank and organization: Major and Surgeon, U.S. Army. Place and
date: At Bear Paw Mountain, Mont., 30 September 1877. Entered service
at: Jersey City, N.J. Birth: Barnegat, N.J. Date of issue: 22 March
1895. Citation: Fearlessly risked his life and displayed great gallantry
in rescuing and protecting the wounded men.
TOLAN, FRANK
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn, Mont., 25 June 1876. Entered service
at: Boston, Mass. Birth: Malone, N.Y. Date of issue: 5 October 1878.
Citation: Voluntarily brought water to the wounded under fire.
TOY, FREDERICK E.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company C, 7th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Wounded Knee Creek, S. Dak., 29 December 1890.
Entered service at:------. Birth: Buffalo, N.Y. Date of issue: 26
May 1891. Citation: Bravery.
TRACY, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: St. Paul, Minn. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 14 February
1870. Citation: Bravery in action with Indians.
TRAUTMAN, JACOB
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company I, 7th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Wounded Knee Creek, S. Dak., 29 December 1890.
Entered service at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 27 March
1891. Citation: Killed a hostile Indian at close quarters, and,
although entitled to retirement from service, remained to the close
of the campaign.
TURPIN, JAMES H.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company L, 5th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: Arizona, 1872-74. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Easton, Mass. Date of issue: 12 April 1875. Citation: Gallantry
in actlons with Apaches.
VARNUM, CHARLES A.
Rank and organization: Captain, Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At White Clay Creek, S. Dak., 30 December 1890. Entered
service at: Pensacola, Fla. Birth: Troy, N.Y. Date of issue: 22
September 1897. Citation: While executing an order to withdraw,
seeing that a continuance of the movement would expose another troop
of his regiment to being cut off and surrounded, he disregarded
orders to retire, placed himself in front of his men, led a charge
upon the advancmg Indians, regained a commanding position that had
just been vacated, and thus insured a safe withdrawal of both detachments
without further loss.
VEUVE, ERNEST
Rank and organization: Farrier, Company A, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Staked Plains, Tex., 3 November 1874. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Switzerland. Date of issue: 13 October 1875.
Citation: Gallant manner in which he faced a desperate Indian.
VOIT, OTTO
Rank and organization: Saddler, Company H, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn, Mont., 25 June 1876. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 5 October 1878. Citation:
Volunteered with George Geiger, Charles Windolph, and Henry Mechlin
to hold an exposed position standing erect on the brow of the hill
facing the Little Big Horn River. They fired constantly in this
manner for more than 20 minutes diverting fire and attention from
another group filling canteens of water that were desperately needed.
VOKES, LEROY H.
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company B, 3d U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Loupe Fork, Platte River, Nebr., 26 April 1872.
Entered service at:------. Birth: Lake County, Ill. Date of issue:
22 May 1872. Citation: Gallantry in action.
VON MEDEM, RUDOLPH
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: 1872-73. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date
of issue: 12 April 1875. Citation: Gallantry in actions and campaigns.
WALKER, ALLEN
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Texas, 30 December 1891. Entered service at:------. Birth:
Patriot, Ind. Date of issue: 25 April 1892. Citation: While carrying
dispatches, he attacked a party of 3 armed men and secured papers
valuable to the United States.
WALKER, JOHN
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Red Creek, Ariz., 23 September 1869. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: France. Date of issue: 23 November 1869. Citation:
Gallantry in action with Indians.
WALLACE, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., 21 October 1876 to
8 January 1877. Entered service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date
of issue: 27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action.
WALLEY, AUGUSTUS
Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Cuchillo Negro Mountains, N. Mex., 16 August 1881.
Entered service at: ------. Birth: Reistertown, Md. Date of issue:
1 October 1890. Citation: Bravery in action with hostile Apaches.
WARD, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: England, Date of issue: 14
February 1870. Citation: Gallantry in action with Indians.
WARD, JAMES
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wounded Knee Creek, S. Dak., 29 December 1890. Entered
service at: Boston, Mass. Birth: Quincy, Mass. Date of issue: 16
April 1891. Citation: Continued to flght after being severely wounded.
WARD, JOHN
Rank and organization: Sergeant, 24th U.S. Infantry Indian Scouts
Place and date: At Pecos River, Tex., 25 April 1875. Entered service
at. Fort Duncan, Tex. Birth: Arkansas. Date of issue: 28 May 1875.
Citation. With 3 other men, he participated in a charge against
25 hostiles while on a scouting patrol.
WARRINGTON, LEWIS
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Muchague Valley, Tex., 8 December 1874. Entered service
at Washington, D.C. Birth: Washington, D.C. Date of issue: 12 Aprii
1875. Citation: Gallantry in a combat with 5 Indians.
WATSON, JAMES C.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I., 6th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 July 1870. Entered service
at. ------. Birth: Cochecton, N.Y. Date of issue: 25 August 1870.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
WATSON, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Near Picacho Mountain, Ariz., 4 June 1869. Entered service
at: St. Joseph, Mich. Birth: Union City, Mich. Date of issue: 3
March 1870. Cltation: Killed an Indian warrior and captured his
arms.
WEAHER, ANDREW J.
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation:
Bravery m scouts and actions against Indians.
WElNERT, PAUL H.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 1st U.S. Artillery.
Place and date: At Wounded Knee Creek, S. Dak., 29 December 1890.
Entered service at: Baltimore, Md. Birth: Germany. Date of issue:
24 March 1891. Citation: Taking the place of his commanding of ficer
who had fallen severely wounded, he gallantly served his piece,
after each flre advancing it to a better position.
WEISS, ENOCH R.
Rank and organization: Private, Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Chiricahua Mountains, Ariz., 20 October 1869. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Kosciusko County, Ind. Date of issue:
14 February 1870. Citation: Gallantry in action with Indians.
WELCH, CHARLES H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn, Mont., 25-26 June 1876. Entered service
at: Ft. Snelling, Minn. Birth: New York, N.Y. Date of issue 5 October
1878. Citation: Voluntarily brought water to the wounded under fire.
WELCH, MICHAEL
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company M, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 5 October 1870. Entered service
at:------. Birth: Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Date of issue: 19 November
1870. Citation: Gallantry in action.
WEST, FRANK
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Big Dry Wash, Ariz., 17 July 1882. Entered service
at: Mohawk, N.Y. Birth: Mohawk, N.Y. Date of issue: 12 July 1892.
Citation: Rallied his command and led it in the advance against
the enemy's fortifled position.
WHITEHEAD, PATTON G.
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place
and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., 21 October 1876 to 8 January
1877. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Russell County, Va. Date
of issue: 27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action.
WIDMER, JACOB
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company D, 5th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Milk River, Colo., 29 September 1879. Entered
service at: ------. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 4 May 1880. Citation:
Volunteered to accompany a small detachment on a very dangerous
mission.
WILDER, WILBER E.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Horseshoe Canyon, N. Mex., 23 April 1882. Entered service
at: Detroit, Mich. Birth: Atlas, Mich. Date of issue: 17 August
1896. Citation: Assisted, under a heavy fire, to rescue a wounded
comrade.
WILKENS, HENRY
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company L, 2d U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Little Muddy Creek, Mont., 7 May 1877; at Camas
Meadows, Idaho, 20 August 1877. Entered service at: ------. Birth:
Germany. Date of issue: 28 February 1878. Citation: Bravery in actions
with Indians.
WILLIAMS, MOSES
Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company I, 9th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At foothills of the Cuchillo Negro Mountains, N.
Mex., 16 August 1881. Entered service at. ------. Birth: Carrollton,
La. Date of issue: 12 November 1896. Citation: Rallied a detachment,
skillfully conducted a running flght of 3 or 4 hours, and by his
coolness, bravery, and unflinching devotion to duty in standing
by his commanding officer in an exposed position under a heavy fire
from a large party of Indians saved the lives of at least 3 of his
comrades.
WILLS, HENRY
Rank and organization: Private, Company C, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Near Fort Selden, N. Mex., 8-11 July 1873. Entered service
at. Pennsylvania. Birth: Gracon, Pa. Date of issue: 12 August 1875.
Citation: Services against hostile Indians.
WILSON, BENJAMIN
Rank and organization: Private, Company M, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 5 October 1870. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Pittsburgh, Pa. Date of issue: 19 November 1870.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
WILSON, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company H, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Cedar Creek, etc., Mont., 21 October 1876 to
8 January 1877. Entered service at: Beardstown, Ill. Birth: Petersburg,
Ill Date of issue: 27 April 1877. Citation: Gallantry in action.
WILSON, MILDEN H.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 7th U.S. Infantry.
Place and date: At Big Hole, Mont., 9 August 1877. Entered service
at: Newark, Ohio. Birth: Huron County, Ohio. Date of issue: 2 December
1878. Citation: Gallantry in forming company from line of skirmishers
and deploying again under a galling fire, and in carrying dispatches
at the imminent risk of his life.
WILSON, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Colorado Valley, Tex., 28 March 1872. Entered service
at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 27
April 1872. Second award. Citation: In pursuit of a band of cattle
thieves from New Mexico.
SECOND AWARD
Place and date: At Red River, Tex., 29 September 1872. Citation:
Distinguished conduct in action with Indians, Red River, Tex.
WILSON, WILLIAM O.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Sioux Campaign, 1890. Entered service at: St. Paul, Minn.
Birth: Hagerstown, Md. Date of issue: 17 September 1891. Citation:
Bravery.
WINDOLPH, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Private, Company H, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Little Big Horn, Mont., 25-26 lune 1876. Entered service
at: Brooklyn, N.Y. Born: 9 December 1851, Germany. Date of issue:
5 October 1878. Citation: With 3 comrades, during the entire engagement,
courageously held a position that secured water for the command.
WINDUS, CLARON A.
Rank and organization: Bugler, Company L, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 July 1870. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Janesville, Wis. Date of issue: 25 August 1870.
Citation: Gallantry in action.
WINTERBOTTOM, WILLIAM
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company A, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 July 1870. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: England. Date of issue: 25 August 1870. Citation:
Gallantry in action.
WITCOME, JOSEPH
Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------.
Birth: Mechanicsburg, Pa. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation:
Bravery in scouts and actions against Indians.
WOOD, LEONARD
Rank and organization: Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Army. Place and
date: In Apache campaign, summer of 1886. Entered service at: Massachusetts.
Birth: Winchester, N.H. Date of issue: 8 April 1898. Citation: Voluntarily
carried dispatches through a region infested with hostile Indians,
making a journey of 70 miles in one night and walking 30 miles the
next day. Also for several weeks, while in close pursuit of Geronimo's
band and constantly expecting an encounter, commanded a detachment
of Infantry, which was then without an officer, and to the command
of which he was assigned upon his own request.
WOODALL, ZACHARIAH
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wichita River, Tex., 12 September 1874. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Alexandria, Va. Date of issue: 7 November 1874.
Citation: While in command of S men and carrying dispatches, was
attacked by 125 Indians, whorr, he with his command fought throughout
the day, he being severely wounded.
WOODS, BRENT
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: New Mexico, 19 August 1881. Entered service at: Louisville,
Ky. Birth: Pulaski County, Ky. Date of issue: 12 July 1894. Citation:
Saved the lives of his comrades and citizens of the detachment.
WORTMAN, GEORGE G.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at: ------.
Birth: Monckton, New Brunswick. Date of issue: 24 July 1869. Citation:
Bravery in scouts and actions against Indians.
YOUNT, JOHN P.
Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Whetstone Mountains, Ariz., 5 May 1871. Entered service
at: ------. Birth: Putnam County, Ind. Date of issue: 13 November
1871. Citation: Gallantry in action with Indians.
ZIEGNER, HERMANN
Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place
and date: At Wounded Knee Creek, and White Clay Creek, S. Dak 29-30
December 1890. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Germany Date of
issue: 23 June 1891. Citation: Conspicuous bravery
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