Indian Wars
Thomas Cruse
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
6th U.S. Cavalry
17 July 1882 · Big Dry Fork, Arizona
Public domain. Harris & Ewing, photographer Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Indian Wars
- Home state
- Kentucky
- Action
- Big Dry Fork, Arizona
The citation
Official citation
Gallantly charged hostile Indians, and with his carbine compelled a party of them to keep under cover of their breastworks, thus being enabled to recover a severely wounded soldier.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
