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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.