Medal of Honor Action Place: San Carlos, Arizona, USA
Citation
With two other men he volunteered to search for a wagon passage out of a 4,000-foot valley wherein an infantry column was immobile. This small group passed six miles among hostile Apache terrain finding the sought passage. On their return trip down the canyon they were attacked by Apache, who were successfully held at bay.
Additional Details
Accredited to: Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Awarded Posthumously: No
Presentation Date & Details: July 28, 1868
Born: November 26, 1847, Butler County, OH, United States
Died: July 27, 1919, Lyonsville, IN, United States
Buried: Union Cemetery, Lyonsville, IN, United States