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Indian Wars

Joshija B. Hartzog

Private · U.S. Army

Company E, 1st U.S. Artillery

29 December 1890 · Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Indian Wars
Home state
Ohio
Action
Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota

The citation

Official citation

Went to the rescue of the commanding officer who had fallen severely wounded, picked him up, and carried him out of range of the hostile guns.

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