Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Stories of Sacrifice
Indian Campaigns - U.S. Army
Clinton Greaves
Details
- Rank: Corporal
- Conflict/Era: Indian Campaigns
- Unit/Command:
Company C,
9th U.S. Cavalry - Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
- Medal of Honor Action Date: January 24, 1877
- Medal of Honor Action Place: Florida Mountains, New Mexico, USA
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.
Additional Details
- Accredited to: Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland
- Awarded Posthumously: No
- Presentation Date & Details: June 26, 1879
- Born: August 12, 1855, Madison County, VA, United States
- Died: August 18, 1906, Columbus, OH
- Buried: Greenlawn Cemetery (MH) (27-88), Columbus, OH, United States