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Private · U.S. Army

Benjamin Wilson

Private Benjamin Wilson, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on October 5, 1870 at Wichita River, Texas during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns October 5, 1870

Private Benjamin Wilson was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on October 5, 1870 at Wichita River, Texas during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company M, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Wilson was about 27 years old.

5 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on November 19, 1870.

Wilson was born in 1843 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. His Medal of Honor is credited to Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.

Wilson 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.

Timeline

  1. 1843
    Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
  2. October 5, 1870
    Act of valor — Wichita River, Texas
    Age about 27. Company M, 6th U.S. Cavalry
  3. November 19, 1870
    Medal of Honor presented

Also honored for actions on October 5, 1870

JA James Anderson Jr. Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 SB Samuel Bowden Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JD James B. Dozier Guide · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 DK Daniel Keating Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 MW Michael Welch Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870

Same unit

JP Josiah Pennsyl Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 GS George W. Smith Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 ✦

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Ohio

JS Julius Henry Stickoffer Saddler · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 DM Daniel H. Miller Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 LL Leonidas S. Lytle Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 PL Patrick James Leonard Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JD James Dowling Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 RH Richard P. Hanley Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.