Private Albert Sale, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on June 29, 1869 at Santa Maria River, Arizona during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company F, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Sale was about 19 years old.
The medal was presented on March 3, 1870. He later rose to the rank of Corporal.
Sale was born in 1850 in Broome County, New York. His Medal of Honor is credited to Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa. Sale died on November 29, 1874 in Fort Wingate, New Mexico, at the age of about 24. He is buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Sale is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 55 credited to Iowa.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Gallantry in killing an Indian warrior and capturing pony and effects.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: Apache Wars, American Indian Wars.
Places
Timeline
- 1850Born in Broome County, New York
- June 29, 1869Act of valor — Santa Maria River, ArizonaAge about 19. Company F, 8th U.S. Cavalry
- March 3, 1870Medal of Honor presented
- November 29, 1874Died in Fort Wingate, New MexicoAge about 24.
- Resting placeFort Leavenworth National CemeteryFort Leavenworth, Kansas
Biography
Private Albert D. Sale (1850 – November 28, 1874) was an American soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 8th U.S. Cavalry in the Arizona Territory during the Apache Wars. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry against a hostile band of Apache Indians, killing an Apache warrior in hand-to-hand combat and seizing his war pony at the Santa Maria River on June 29, 1869.
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