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Private · U.S. Army

George D. Scott

Private George D. Scott, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on June 25, 1876 in Little Big Horn, Montana during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns June 25, 1876

Private George D. Scott, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on June 25, 1876 in Little Big Horn, Montana during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company D, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Scott was about 26 years old.

22 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on October 5, 1878, 2 years after the action.

Scott was born in 1850 in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky. His Medal of Honor is credited to Mount Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. He is buried at Lancaster Cemetery in Lancaster, Kentucky.

Scott is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 44 credited to Kentucky.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Voluntarily brought water to the wounded under fire.

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

Timeline

  1. 1850
    Born in Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky
  2. June 25, 1876
    Act of valor — Little Big Horn, Montana
    Age about 26. Company D, 7th U.S. Cavalry
  3. October 5, 1878
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. Resting place
    Lancaster Cemetery
    Lancaster, Kentucky

Also honored for actions on June 25, 1876

NB Neil Bancroft Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 AB Abram B. Brant Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 ✦ Thomas Joseph Callen Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 BC Benjamin C. Criswell Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 CC Charles Cunningham Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 FD Frederick Deetline Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 George Geiger Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 RH Richard P. Hanley Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 DH David W. Harris Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 WH William H. Harris Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 HH Henry Holden Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 RH Rufus D. Hutchinson Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876

See all 23 recipients for June 25, 1876 →

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Kentucky

MM Michael McLoughlin Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 RM Robert McDonald First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 Thomas Cruse Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1882 WD William L. Day First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 PW Patton George Whitehead Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 HH Harry Leroy Hawthorne Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890
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.