Medal of Honor Action Date: May 7 - August 20, 1877
Medal of Honor Action Place: Little Muddy Creek & Camas Meadows, Montana & Idaho, USA
Citation
Gallantry in action with hostile Sioux at Little Muddy Creek, Mont.; having been wounded in the hip so as to be unable to stand, at Camas Meadows, Idaho, he still continued to direct the men under his charge until the enemy withdrew.
Additional Details
Accredited to: Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: February 28, 1878
Born: 1844, Boston, Suffolk County, MA, United States
Died: May 21, 1883, Fort Ellis Hospital, MT, United States
Buried: Fort Missoula Post Cemetery (N-I-3), Missoula, MT, United States