Indian Campaigns - U.S. Army

William H Jones

• Rank: Farrier (Highest Rank: Blacksmith)
• Conflict/Era: Indian Campaigns
• Unit/Command:
  Company L,
  2d U.S. Cavalry
• Military Service Branch: U.S. Army
• Medal of Honor Action Date: May 7 - August 20, 1877
• Medal of Honor Action Place: Little Muddy Creek & Camas Meadows, Montana & Idaho, USA

Gallantry in the attack against hostile Sioux Indians 7 May 1877 at Muddy Creek, Mont., and in the engagement with Nez Perce Indians at Camas Meadows, Idaho, 20 August 1877, in which he sustained a painful knee wound.