Medal of Honor Action Place: Fort Tularosa & Carrizo Canyon, New Mexico, USA
Citation
While commanding a detachment of 25 men at Fort Tularosa, N. Mex., repulsed a force of more than 100 Indians. At Carrizo Canyon, N. Mex., while commanding the right of a detachment of 19 men, 12 August 1881, he stubbornly held his ground in an extremely exposed position and gallantly forced back a much superior number of the enemy, preventing them from surrounding the command.
Additional Details
Accredited to: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: May 7, 1890
Born: 1847, Williamson County, TN, United States
Died: October 24, 1904
Buried: Fort McPherson National Cemetery (MH) (F-1131), Maxwell, NE, United States