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Private · U.S. Army

Charles H. Montrose

Private Charles H. Montrose, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on October 21, 1876 at Cedar Creek, etc., Montana during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns October 21, 1876

Private Charles H. Montrose, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on October 21, 1876 at Cedar Creek, etc., Montana during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company I, 5th U.S. Infantry. Montrose was about 23 years old.

29 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on April 27, 1877.

Montrose was born in 1853 in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. His Medal of Honor is credited to New York, New York. Montrose died on October 13, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York, at the age of about 64. He is buried at cremated and the ashes teturned to relatives. in Brooklyn, New York. His medal is held by National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Records also list him as Munson, Alexander D..

Montrose is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 678 credited to New York.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in action.

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

Timeline

  1. 1853
    Born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
  2. October 21, 1876
    Act of valor — Cedar Creek, etc., Montana
    Age about 23. Company I, 5th U.S. Infantry
  3. April 27, 1877
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. October 13, 1917
    Died in Brooklyn, New York
    Age about 64.
  5. Resting place
    cremated and the ashes teturned to relatives.
    Brooklyn, New York

Also honored for actions on October 21, 1876

JB John Baker Musician · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 RB Richard Burke Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 DB Denis Byrne Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JC Joseph A. Cable Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JC James Spencer Calvert Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 AC Aquilla Coonrod Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JD John S. Donelly Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 CF Christopher Freemeyer Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JH John Haddoo Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 HH Henry Hogan Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 DH David Holland Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 EJ Edward Johnston Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876

See all 30 recipients for October 21, 1876 →

Same unit

WD William de Armond Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 ✦ FH Fred Stewart Hay Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 FH Fred O. Hunt Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 JJ John James Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 JK John J. h Kelly Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 TK Thomas Kelly Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 JK John W. Knox Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 WK William Koelpin Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874

More Indian Campaigns recipients from New York

EB Edward Branagan Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 JB James Brown Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 JF James Fegan Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 PR Peter Paul Roth Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 GM George Moquin Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 JM John Mitchell Merrill Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879
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.