Sgt. Thomas Kelly - Crow Agency, MT - Medal Of Honor Resting Places on Waymarking.com

Rank and Organization: Private, Company I, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place and Date: At Upper Wichita, Tex., 9 September 1874. Birth: Ireland. Date of Issue: 23 April 1875. Private, Company I, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place and Date: At Upper Wichita, Tex., 9 September 1874. Birth: Ireland. Date of Issue: 23 April 1875.

Citation:
Gallantry in action.
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On the morning of September 9, 1874, a supply train with a small cavalry escort, began the long trek from their encampment to General Nelson Miles expedition force camped at Battle Creek, which force had been in the field and was in desperate need of re-supply. The supply train was attacked by a large Indian war party as it emerged from a canyon on the Upper Washita River. Though vastly outnumbered by several hundred Kiowa and Comanche warriors, the cavalry fought fiercely as the train continued onward in what became a daylong fight. Private Thomas Kelly was one of six soldiers cited for "Gallantry in action" on the first day of the three-day running battle. Seven other soldiers were similarly cited for continuing acts of heroism for the full term of the desperate struggle for survival, and the valiant efforts to reach General Miles with the supplies his 650-man force desperately needed. (visit link)

Plot #A-559

Armed Service: Army

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