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Indian Wars
John Harrington
Private · U.S. Army
Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry
12 September 1874 · Wichita River, Texas
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Indian Wars
- Home state
- Michigan
- Action
- Wichita River, Texas
The citation
Official citation
While carrying dispatches was attacked hy 125 hostile Indians, whom he and his comrades fought throughout the day. He was severely wounded in the hip and unable to move. He continued to fight, defending an exposed dying man.
