Indian Campaigns (1861 - 1898)
- Boyne, Thomas
- Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 9th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Mimbres Mountains, N. Mex., 29 May 1879; at Cuchillo Negro River near
Ojo Caliente, N. Mex., 27 September 1879. Birth: Prince Georges
County, Md. Date of issue: 6 January 1882. Citation: Bravery in action.
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- Brown, Benjamin
- Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 24th U.S.
Infantry. Place and date: Arizona, 11 May 1889. Birth:
Spotsylvania County, Va. Date of issue: 19 February 1890. Citation: Although shot in the
abdomen, in a fight between a paymaster's escort and robbers, did not leave the field
until again wounded through both arms.
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- Denny, John
- Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 9th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Las Animas Canyon, N. Mex., 18 September 1879. Entered service at: 1867
Elmira, N.Y. Birth: Big Flats, N.Y. Date of issue: 27 November 189i. Citation: Removed a
wounded comrade, under a heavy fire, to a place of safety.
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- Factor, Pompey
- Rank and organization: Private, Indian Scouts. Place and date:
At Pecos River, Tex., 25 April 1875. Birth: Arkansas. Date of
issue: 28 May 1875. Citation: With 3 other men, he participated in a charge against 25
hostiles while on a scouting patrol.
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- Greaves, Clinton
- Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 9th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Florida Mountains, N. Mex., 24 January 1877. Entered service at: Prince
Georges County, Md. Birth: Madison County, Va. Date of issue: 26 June 1879. Citation:
While part of a small detachment to persuade a band of renegade Apache Indians to
surrender, his group was surrounded. Cpl. Greaves in the center of the savage hand-to-hand
fighting, managed to shoot and bash a gap through the swarming Apaches, permitting his
companions to break free.
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- Johnson, Henry
- Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company D, 9th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Milk River, Colo., 2-5 October 1879. Birth:
Boynton, Va. Date of issue: 22 September 1890. Citation: Voluntarily left fortified
shelter and under heavy fire at close range made the rounds of the pits to instruct the
guards, fought his way to the creek and back to bring water to the wounded.
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- Jordan, George
- Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 9th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Fort Tularosa, N. Mex., 14 May 1880; at Carrizo Canyon, N. Mex., 12
August 1881. Entered service at: Nashville, Tenn. Birth: Williamson County, Tenn. Date of
issue: 7 May 1890. 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, on 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.
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- Mays, Isaiah
- Rank and organization: Corporal, Company B, 24th U.S.
Infantry. Place and date: Arizona, 11 May 1889. Entered service at: Columbus Barracks,
Ohio. Born: 16 February 1858, Carters Bridge, Va. Date of issue: 19 February 1890.
Citation: Gallantry in the fight between Paymaster Wham's escort and robbers. Mays walked
and crawled 2 miles to a ranch for help.
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- McBryar, William
- Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 1 0th U.S.
Cavalry. Place and date: Arizona, 7 March 1890. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Birth:
14 February 1861, Elizabethtown, N.C. Date of issue: 15 May 1890. Citation: Distinguished
himself for coolness, bravery and marksmanship while his troop was in pursuit of hostile
Apache Indians.
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- Paine, Adam
- Rank and organization: Private, Indian Scouts. Place and date:
Canyon Blanco tributary of the Red River, Tex., 26-27 September 1874. Entered service at:
Fort Duncan, Texas. Birth: Florida. Date of issue: 13 October 1875. Citation: Rendered
invaluable service to Col. R. S. Mackenzie, 4th U.S. Cavalry, during this engagement.
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- Payne, Isaac
- Rank and organization: Trumpeter, Indian Scouts. Place and
date: At Pecos River, Tex., 25 April 1875. Birth: Mexico. Date
of issue: 28 May 1875. Citation: With 3 other men, he participated in a charge against 25
hostiles while on a scouting patrol.
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- Shaw, Thomas
- Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company K, 9th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Carrizo Canyon, N. Mex., 12 August 1881. Entered service at: Pike
County, Mo. Birth: Covington, Ky. Date of issue: 7 December 1890. Citation: Forced the
enemy back after stubbornly holding his ground in an extremely exposed position and
prevented the enemy's superior numbers from surrounding his command.
- Stance, Emanuel
- Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company F, 9th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Kickapoo Springs, Tex., 20 May 1870. Birth:
Carroll Parish, La. Date of issue: 28 June 1870. Citation. Gallantry on scout after
Indians.
- Walley, Augustus
- Rank and organization: Private, Company I, 9th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Cuchillo Negro Mountains, N. Mex., 16 August 1881. Birth: Reistertown, Md. Date of issue: 1 October 1890. Citation: Bravery in action
with hostile Apaches.
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- Ward, John
- Rank and organization: Sergeant, 24th U.S. Infantry Indian
Scouts Place and date: At Pecos River, Tex., 25 April 1875. Entered service at. Fort
Duncan, Tex. Birth: Arkansas. Date of issue: 28 May 1875. Citation. With 3 other men, he
participated in a charge against 25 hostiles while on a scouting patrol.
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- Williams, Moses
- Rank and organization: First Sergeant, Company I, 9th U.S.
Cavalry. Place and date: At foothills of the Cuchillo Negro Mountains, N. Mex., 16 August
1881. Birth: Carrollton, La. Date of issue: 12 November 1896.
Citation: Rallied a detachment, skillfully conducted a running flght of 3 or 4 hours, and
by his coolness, bravery, and unflinching devotion to duty in standing by his commanding
officer in an exposed position under a heavy fire from a large party of Indians saved the
lives of at least 3 of his comrades.
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- Wilson, William
- Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 4th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: At Colorado Valley, Tex., 28 March 1872. Entered service at: Philadelphia,
Pa. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 27 April 1872. Second award. Citation: In
pursuit of a band of cattle thieves from New Mexico.
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- SECOND AWARD :Place and date: At Red River, Tex., 29 September
1872. Citation: Distinguished conduct in action with Indians, Red River, Tex.
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- Woods, Brent
- Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 9th U.S. Cavalry.
Place and date: New Mexico, 19 August 1881. Entered service at: Louisville, Ky. Birth:
Pulaski County, Ky. Date of issue: 12 July 1894. Citation: Saved the lives of his comrades
and citizens of the detachment.
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