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Indian Campaigns - U.S. Army

Charles Albert Varnum

Details
  • Rank: Captain (Highest Rank: Colonel)
  • Conflict/Era: Indian Campaigns
  • Unit/Command:
    Company B,
    7th U.S. Cavalry
  • Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
  • Medal of Honor Action Date: December 30, 1890
  • Medal of Honor Action Place: White Clay Creek, South Dakota, USA
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 advancing Indians, regained a commanding position that had just been vacated, and thus insured a safe withdrawal of both detachments without further loss.
Medal of Honor Recipient Charles A. Varnum
Medal of Honor Recipient Charles A. Varnum
Additional Details
  • Accredited to: Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida
  • Awarded Posthumously: No
  • Presentation Date & Details: September 22, 1897
  • Born: June 21, 1849, Troy, Rensselaer County, NY, United States
  • Died: February 26, 1936
  • Buried: San Francisco National Cemetery (PM) (OS-3-3A), San Francisco, CA, United States
  • Location of Medal: Roswell Museum & Art Center (1896 & 1904 designs), Roswell, NM
 

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