Today we open with period of Indian Campaigns. As is usual for the Indian Campaigns - if a fight generated one Medal, it tended to generate several, indicative of the lack of options for recognizing heroic conduct during the era. Battle of the Big Dry Wash , Arizona, is one of those fights. CRUSE, THOMAS Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Big Dry Fork, Ariz., 17 July 1882. Entered service at: Owensboro, Ky. Birth: Owensboro, Ky. Date of issue: 12 July 1892...