As if to make up for yesterday, when no Medals were awarded, there are 31 Medals, covering 4 wars today. 27 of them from one campaign during the indian wars.Indian Campaigns. 26 Medals to soldiers of the 5th US Infantry, with an outlier to a soldier of the 22d US Infantry, pretty much all for the same campaign against the Sioux in 1877.BUTLER, EDMONDRank and organization: Captain, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Wolf Mountain, Mont., 8 January 1877. Entered service at: Brooklyn N.Y. Birth. Ireland. Date of issue: 27 November 1894. Citation. Most dlstlngulshed gallantry m action with...
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Jan 08 2010, 10:50 AM
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