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Corporal · U.S. Army

Edwin Phoenix

Corporal Edwin Phoenix, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions between September 26 and 28, 1874 at Red River, Texas during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns September 26 - 28, 1874

Corporal Edwin Phoenix, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry between September 26 and 28, 1874 at Red River, Texas during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company E, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Phoenix was about 28 years old.

3 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on October 13, 1875.

Phoenix was born in 1846 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri. Phoenix died on September 26, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of about 86. He is buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.

Phoenix is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 78 credited to Missouri.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in action.

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

Timeline

  1. 1846
    Born in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri
  2. September 26 - 28, 1874
    Act of valor — Red River, Texas
    Age about 28. Company E, 4th U.S. Cavalry
  3. October 13, 1875
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. September 26, 1932
    Died in Los Angeles, California
    Age about 86.
  5. Resting place
    Los Angeles National Cemetery
    Los Angeles, California

Also honored for actions on September 26 - 28, 1874

GM Gregory Mahoney Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 WM William McCabe Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 AP Adam Paine Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Missouri

William Preble Hall First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 CS Charles Sheppard Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 MM Michael A. McGann First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 TF Thomas Hall Forsyth First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 LV Leroy H. Vokes First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 FM Fred Myers Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1891
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.