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Private · U.S. Army

George Springer

Private George Springer, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on October 20, 1869 in Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona Territory during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns October 20, 1869

Private George Springer, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on October 20, 1869 in Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona Territory during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Springer was 21 years old.

32 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on February 14, 1870.

Springer was born on May 7, 1848 in York County, Pennsylvania. His Medal of Honor is credited to Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Springer died on June 11, 1931, at the age of 83. He is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.

Springer is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 380 credited to Pennsylvania.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in action.

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

Timeline

  1. May 7, 1848
    Born in York County, Pennsylvania
  2. October 20, 1869
    Act of valor — Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona Territory
    Age 21. Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry
  3. February 14, 1870
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. June 11, 1931
    Died
    Age 83.
  5. Resting place
    Mount Olivet Cemetery
    New Cumberland, Pennsylvania

Also honored for actions on October 20, 1869

JC John Carr Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 CD Charles H. Dickens Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JD John L. Donahue Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 EE Edwin L. Elwood Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JG John Georgian Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 MH Mosher A. Harding Blacksmith · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 FJ Frederick Jarvis Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 BK Bartholomew T. Keenan Trumpeter · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 CK Charles Kelley Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 NM Nicholas Meaher Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 EM Edward Murphy Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 FO Francis Oliver First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869

See all 33 recipients for October 20, 1869 →

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Pennsylvania

JM James L. Morris First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 PT Peter Thompson Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JW Jacob Widmer First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 JK John Kirk First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 DR David Ryan Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JK John Kay Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868
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.