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Indian Wars
Edward C. Sharpless
Corporal · U.S. Army
Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry
9-11 September 1874 · Upper Washita, Texas
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Indian Wars
- Home state
- Ohio
- Action
- Upper Washita, Texas
The citation
Official citation
While carrying dispatches was attacked by 125 hostile Indians, whom he (and a comrade) fought throughout the day.