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Indian Wars
Richard P. Hanley
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company C, 7th U.S. Cavalry
25 June 1876 · Little Big Horn River, Montana
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Indian Wars
- Home state
- Massachusetts
- Action
- Little Big Horn River, Montana
The citation
Official citation
Recaptured, singlehanded, and without orders, within the enemy's lines and under a galling fire lasting some 20 minutes, a stampeded pack mule loaded with ammunition.