Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Corporal Clinton Greaves received the Medal of Honor for his actions on January 24, 1877 in Florida Mountains, New Mexico during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company C, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Greaves was 21 years old.
The medal was presented on June 26, 1879, 2 years after the action.
Greaves was born on August 12, 1855 in Madison County, Virginia. His Medal of Honor is credited to Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland. Greaves died on August 18, 1906 in Columbus, Ohio, at the age of 51. He is buried at Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio.
Greaves is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 85 credited to Maryland.
Official Medal of Honor citation
While part of a small detachment to persuade a band of renegade Apache Indians to surrender, his group was surrounded. Cpl. Greaves in the center of the savage hand-to-hand fighting, managed to shoot and bash a gap through the swarming Apaches, permitting his companions to break free.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: American Indian Wars.
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Timeline
- August 12, 1855Born in Madison County, Virginia
- January 24, 1877Act of valor — Florida Mountains, New MexicoAge 21. Company C, 9th U.S. Cavalry
- June 26, 1879Medal of Honor presented
- August 18, 1906Died in Columbus, OhioAge 51.
- Resting placeGreenlawn CemeteryColumbus, Ohio
Biography
Clinton Greaves (August 12, 1855 – August 18, 1906) was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States.
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