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.
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