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Indian Campaigns - U.S. Army

Charles Albert Bessey

Details
  • Rank: Corporal (Highest Rank: Chief Musician-Ret.)
  • Conflict/Era: Indian Campaigns
  • Unit/Command:
    Company A,
    3d U.S. Cavalry
  • Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
  • Medal of Honor Action Date: January 13, 1877
  • Medal of Honor Action Place: Elkhorn Creek, Wyoming, USA
Citation

While scouting with four men and being attacked in ambush by 14 hostile Indians, held his ground, two 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.

Medal of Honor Recipient Charles A. Bessey
Medal of Honor Recipient Charles A. Bessey
Additional Details
  • Accredited to: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  • Awarded Posthumously: No
  • Presentation Date & Details: May 15, 1890
  • Born: November 6, 1848, Reading, Middlesex County, MA, United States
  • Died: June 4, 1909, Biloxi, MS, United States
  • Buried: Old Biloxi Cemetery (PMH) (H), Biloxi, MS, United States
  • Location of Medal: 3d Calvalry Regiment Museum, Fort Hood, TX
 

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