Private Christopher Freemeyer, 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 D, 5th U.S. Infantry. Freemeyer was about 38 years old.
29 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on July 18, 1877.
Freemeyer was born in 1838 in Bavaria, Germany — one of 130 recipients born in Germany. His Medal of Honor is credited to New York, New York. Freemeyer died on October 14, 1894, at the age of about 56. He is buried at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
Freemeyer 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.
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: American Indian Wars.
Places
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Timeline
- 1838Born in Bavaria, Germany
- October 21, 1876Act of valor — Cedar Creek, etc., MontanaAge about 38. Company D, 5th U.S. Infantry
- July 18, 1877Medal of Honor presented
- October 14, 1894DiedAge about 56.
- Resting placeCypress Hills National CemeteryBrooklyn, New York
Biography
Private Christopher Freemeyer (1838 – October 14, 1894) was a German-born soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 5th U.S. Infantry during the Indian Wars. He was one of thirty-one men who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during General Nelson A. Miles campaign against the Sioux in the Montana Territory from October 1876 to January 1877.
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