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A BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA THE MEDAL OF HONOR
and his five men (marked by asterisks) were awarded the
Medal of Honor.
De Armond, William (Sergeant, Company I, Fifth In-
fantry)
Harrington, John* (Private, Company H, Sixth Cav-
alry)
Hay, Fred S. (Sergeant, Company I, Fifth Infantry)
James, John (Corporal , Fifth Infantry)
Kelly, John J.H. (Corporal, Company I, Fifth Infantry)
Kelly, Thomas (Private, Company I, Fifth Infantry)
Kitchen, George K. (Sergeant, Company H, Sixth Cav-
alry)
Knox, John W. (Corporal, Company I, Fifth Infantry)
Koelpin, William (Sergeant, Company I, Fifth Infan-
try)
Mitchell, John (First Sergeant, Company I, Fifth Infan-
try)
Morris, William W. (Corporal, Company H, Sixth
Cavalry)
Neilon, Frederick S. (Sergeant, Company A, Sixth
Cavalry)
Pennsyl, Josiah* (Sergeant, Company M, Sixth Cav-
alry)
Roth, Peter* (Private, Company A, Sixth Cavalry)
Sharpless, Edward C.* (Corporal, Company H, Sixth
Cavalry)
Smith, George W.* (Private, Company M, Sixth Cav-
alry)
Woodall, Zachariah (Sergeant, Company M, Sixth Cav-
alry)
Paine, Adam (Private, Indian Scouts). September 20;
Staked Plains, Texas.
The following members of Company E, Fourth Cav-
alry, won medals for their services, September 26-28, near
the Red River, Texas; Mahoney, Gregory (Private);
McCabe, William (Private); Phoenix, Edwin (Corporal).
Taylor, Bernard (Sergeant, Company A, Fifth Cavalry).
November 1; near Sunset Pass, Arizona. A patrol led by
Lieutenant Charles King engaged a band of Apaches on the
Little Colorado River. Lieutenant King was wounded, but
Sergeant Taylor ventured forth to rescue the exposed
officer, thus earning a Medal of Honor.
Veuve, Ernest (Farrier, Company A, Fourth Cavalry).
November 3; Staked Plains, Texas.
Comfort, John W. (Corporal, Company A, Fourth Cav-
alry). November 5; Staked Plains, Texas.
Baldwin, Frank D. (Lieutenant, Fifth Cavalry). Novem-
ber 8; McClellan Creek, Texas. This was Baldwin's sec-ond Medal of Honor. (See Baldwin's biographical sketch
for details.)
Ryan, Dennis (First Sergeant, Company I, Sixth Cav-
alry). December 2; Gageby Creek, Indian Territory. Ser-
geant Ryan led a twenty-man patrol on a ten-mile chase of
a band of Indians. Fifty ponies were killed or captured, and
the Indians' village, gear, and supplies were destroyed.
Ryan's initiative and leadership were commendable. (In-
deed, he was presented a commission the next year.) But
his actions are representative of numerous Indian War
exploits which, at a later date, would have been acknowl-
edged by medals of less importance, had they been avail-
able during the nineteenth century.
Bergendahl, Frederick (Private, Band, Fourth Cavalry).
December 8; Staked Plains, Texas.
O'Sullivan, John (Private, Company I, Fourth Cav-
alry). December 8; Staked Plains, Texas.
Warrington, Lewis (First Lieutenant, Fourth Cavalry).
December 8; Muchque Valley, Texas.
1875
April 23; Sappa Creek, Kansas. During the final en-
gagement of the Red River War, Lieutenant Austin Henley
struck a band of fleeing Cheyennes. Twenty-seven Indi-
ans, including eight women and children, were cut off and
slain, at a cost of two fatalities among the soldiers. Eight
members of Henley's troop, Company H, Sixth Cavalry,
were given the Medal of Honor for their part in this
controversial action.
Ayers, James F. (Private)
Dawson, Michael (Trumpeter)
Gardiner, Peter W. (Private)
Hornaday, Simpson (Private)
Lowthers, James (Private)
Platten, Frederick (Sergeant)
Robbins, Marcus M. (Private)
Tea, Richard L. (Sergeant)
April 25; Pecos River, Texas. Lieutenant J.L. Bullis and
three of his crack Seminole-Negro scouts located more
than two dozen Kiowa warriors in a camp on the Pecos
River. Bullis led his men close to the camp, then the four
soldiers courageously attacked, killing three braves and
routing the others. Bullis secured medals for his men,
although he did not himself receive one: Factor, Pompey
(Private); Payne, Isaac (Trumpeter); Ward, John (Ser-
geant).29
A BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA
THE MEDAL OF HONOR
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