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Corporal · U.S. Army

Charles H. Dickens

Corporal Charles H. Dickens, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on October 20, 1869 in Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona Territory during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns October 20, 1869Born in Ireland

Corporal Charles H. Dickens, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on October 20, 1869 in Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona Territory during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Dickens 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.

Dickens was born in 1843 in Dublin, Ireland — one of 258 recipients born in Ireland. His Medal of Honor is credited to San Francisco, San Francisco County, California. Dickens died on March 1, 1880, at the age of about 37. He is buried at St. John's Cemetery in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Dickens is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 142 credited to California.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in action.

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

Timeline

  1. 1843
    Born in Dublin, Ireland
  2. October 20, 1869
    Act of valor — Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona Territory
    Age about 26. Company G, 8th U.S. Cavalry
  3. February 14, 1870
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. March 1, 1880
    Died
    Age about 37.
  5. Resting place
    St. John's Cemetery
    Worcester, Massachusetts

Also honored for actions on October 20, 1869

JC John Carr Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JD John L. Donahue Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 EE Edwin L. Elwood Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JG John Georgian Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 MH Mosher A. Harding Blacksmith · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 FJ Frederick Jarvis Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 BK Bartholomew T. Keenan Trumpeter · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 CK Charles Kelley Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 NM Nicholas Meaher Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 EM Edward Murphy Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 FO Francis Oliver First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 EP Edward Pengally Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869

See all 33 recipients for October 20, 1869 →

More Indian Campaigns recipients from California

OS Otto Smith Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JM John Moran Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JL Jeptha L. Lytton Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JK John Keenan Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 BS Benoni Strivson Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 TM Thomas Murphy Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869
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.