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Indian Wars

Peter Roth

Private · U.S. Army

Company A, 6th U.S. Cavalry

12 September 1874 · Wichita River, Texas

Branch
U.S. Army
Era
Indian Wars
Action
Wichita River, Texas

The citation

Official citation

While carrying dispatches was attacked by 125 hostile Indians, whom he and his comrades fought throughout the day.

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