Charles Daily – Medal of Honor, Indian Campaigns (1868)

Private Charles Daily, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry between August 13 and October 31, 1868 vicinity of the Black Mountains, Arizona during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Daily was about 27 years old.

30 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on July 24, 1869.

Daily was born in 1841 in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland — one of 258 recipients born in Ireland. His Medal of Honor is credited to Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

Daily is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 380 credited to Pennsylvania.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Bravery in scouts and actions against Indians.

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Timeline

1841
Born in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland
August 13 - October 31, 1868
Act of valor — Vicinity of the Black Mountains, Arizona
Age about 27. Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry
July 24, 1869
Medal of Honor presented

Also honored for actions on August 13 - October 31, 1868

See all 31 recipients for August 13 - October 31, 1868 →

Same unit

CC Charles Crandall Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JH John Hall Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 EP Edward Pengally Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Pennsylvania

JM John James Mitchell Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 WW William Wilson Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872

John W. Comfort Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 TS Theodore F. Smith Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JW Jacob Widmer First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 DR David Ryan Private · 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.