Corporal George Ferrari was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on September 23, 1869 at Red Creek, Arizona during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company D, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Ferrari was about 24 years old.
2 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on November 23, 1869.
Ferrari was born in 1845 in New York, New York. His Medal of Honor is credited to Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.
Ferrari is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 256 credited to Ohio.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Gallantry in action.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: American Indian Wars, Apache Wars.
Places
Timeline
- 1845Born in New York, New York
- September 23, 1869Act of valor — Red Creek, ArizonaAge about 24. Company D, 8th U.S. Cavalry
- November 23, 1869Medal of Honor presented
Biography
Corporal George Ferrari (c. 1845 – 1895?) was an American soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 8th U.S. Cavalry during the Apache Wars. He was one of three men who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry against the Apache Indians at Red Creek in the Arizona Territory on September 23, 1869. He was the first and only Italian-American to receive the award during the thirty-year period of the Indian Wars.
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