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Indian Wars
Peter W. Gardiner
Private · U.S. Army
Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry
23 April 1875 · Sappa Creek, Kansas
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Indian Wars
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Sappa Creek, Kansas
The citation
Official citation
With 5 other men he waded in mud and water up the creek to a position directly behind an entrenched Cheyenne position, who were using natural bank pits to good advantage against the main column. This surprise attack from the enemy rear broke their resistance.
