Medal of Honor Action Place: Sappa Creek, Kansas, USA
Citation
With five 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.
Additional Details
Accredited to: New York, New York
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: November 16, 1876
Born: 1849, Torbeck, Ireland
Died: March 2, 1939, Williams, AZ, United States
Buried: Williams Cemetery (MH) (Sec.5), Williams, AZ, United States