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Sergeant · U.S. Army

Francis C. Green

Sergeant Francis C. Green, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on August 22, 1868 vicinity of the Black Mountains, Arizona during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns August 22, 1868

Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Sergeant Francis C. Green received the Medal of Honor for his actions on August 22, 1868 vicinity of the Black Mountains, Arizona during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company K, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Green was 32 years old.

11 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on September 6, 1869.

Green was born on September 4, 1835 in Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana. His Medal of Honor is credited to Sacramento, Sacramento County, California. Green died on March 13, 1905 in Erin, Tennessee, at the age of 69. He is buried at Nicolas Graveyard in Erin, Tennessee.

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

Official Medal of Honor citation

Bravery in action.

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

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Indian Wars.

Places

  • Born: Mount Vernon — map
  • Died: Erin — map

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Timeline

  1. September 4, 1835
    Born in Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana
  2. August 22, 1868
    Act of valor — Vicinity of the Black Mountains, Arizona
    Age 32. Company K, 8th U.S. Cavalry
  3. September 6, 1869
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. March 13, 1905
    Died in Erin, Tennessee
    Age 69.
  5. Resting place
    Nicolas Graveyard
    Erin, Tennessee

Biography

Francis C. Green (September 4, 1835 – March 13, 1905) was an American soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 8th U.S. Cavalry during the Indian Wars. A veteran of the campaign against Vittorio and Nana during the 1860s, he was one of eight cavalrymen to receive the Medal of Honor for "bravery in scouts and actions" during several engagements against the Apache Indians in the Arizona Territory in 1868 and 1869.

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Also honored for actions on August 22, 1868

TC Thomas Carroll Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 CC Charles Crandall Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 HF Henry Falcott Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 NF Nicholas Foran Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JG Jacob Gunther Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JH John Hall Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 DM David A. Matthews Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JM James McNally First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 SR Samuel Richman Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JS John Alexander Sutherland Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 WT Wilbur Nelson Taylor Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868

Same unit

OS Otto Smith Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868

More Indian Campaigns recipients from California

JL James Lawrence Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 BS Benoni Strivson Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JK John Keenan Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 TH Thomas P. Higgins Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JM John Moran Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 HM Herbert Mahers Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869
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