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George Hobday

Private George Hobday, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on December 29, 1890 at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns December 29, 1890

Private George Hobday, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on December 29, 1890 at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company A, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Hobday was about 48 years old.

18 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on June 23, 1891.

Hobday was born in 1842 in Pulaski County, Illinois. His Medal of Honor is credited to Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. Hobday died on November 22, 1891 in St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of about 49. He is buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.

Hobday is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 33 credited to Tennessee.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Conspicuous and gallant conduct in battle.

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

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: American Indian Wars.

Places

  • Born: Pulaski County — map
  • Died: St. Louis — map
  • Buried: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery — map

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Timeline

  1. 1842
    Born in Pulaski County, Illinois
  2. December 29, 1890
    Act of valor — Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota
    Age about 48. Company A, 7th U.S. Cavalry
  3. June 23, 1891
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. November 22, 1891
    Died in St. Louis, Missouri
    Age about 49.
  5. Resting place
    Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
    St. Louis, Missouri

Also honored for actions on December 29, 1890

WA William Grafton Austin Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 JC John E. Clancy Musician · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 MF Mosheim Feaster Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 Ernest Albert Garlington First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 John Channing Gresham First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 MH Mathew H. Hamilton Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 JH Joshua B. Hartzog Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 HH Harry Leroy Hawthorne Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 MH Marvin C. Hillock Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 BJ Bernhard Jetter Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 GL George Lloyd Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 AM Albert Walter McMillian Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890

See all 19 recipients for December 29, 1890 →

Same unit

NB Neil Bancroft Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 DH David W. Harris Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 AN Adam Neder Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 SR Stanislaus Roy Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Tennessee

JK John Kyle Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 GJ George Jordan Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881 CB Clay Beauford First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Wikidata. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.