Trumpeter Bartholomew T. Keenan was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on October 20, 1869 in Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona Territory during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Keenan was about 26 years old.
32 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on February 14, 1870.
Keenan was born in 1843 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. His Medal of Honor is credited to Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Keenan died on September 26, 1874 in Gold Hill, Nevada, at the age of about 31. He is buried at Gold Hill Cemetery in Gold Hill, Nevada. Records also list him as Kane, Thomas B..
Keenan is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 256 credited to Ohio.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Gallantry in action.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
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- 1843Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
- October 20, 1869Act of valor — Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona TerritoryAge about 26. Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry
- February 14, 1870Medal of Honor presented
- September 26, 1874Died in Gold Hill, NevadaAge about 31.
- Resting placeGold Hill CemeteryGold Hill, Nevada