Indian Wars
Benjamin H. Cheever Jr.
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
6th U.S. Cavalry
1 January 1891 · White River, South Dakota
Public domain. Charles Milton Bell. Wikimedia Commons. Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Indian Wars
- Home state
- District of Columbia
- Action
- White River, South Dakota
The citation
Official citation
Headed the advance across White River partly frozen, in a spirited movement to the effective assistance of Troop K, 6th U.S. Cavalry.
