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First Sergeant · U.S. Army

Henry Newman

First Sergeant Henry Newman, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on July 13, 1872 in Whetstone Mountains, Arizona Territory during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns July 13, 1872Born in Germany

First Sergeant Henry Newman was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on July 13, 1872 in Whetstone Mountains, Arizona Territory during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company F, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Newman was about 27 years old.

2 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on December 4, 1874, 2 years after the action.

Newman was born in 1845 in Hanover, Germany — one of 130 recipients born in Germany. His Medal of Honor is credited to Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Newman died on July 13, 1915, at the age of about 70. He is buried at Loudon Park National Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.

Newman is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 256 credited to Ohio.

Official Medal of Honor citation

He and two companions covered the withdrawal of wounded comrades from the fire of an Apache band well concealed among rocks.

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

Battles and campaigns

Also served in: Apache Wars, American Indian Wars.

Places

  • Born: Germany — map
  • Died: Baltimore — map
  • Buried: Loudon Park National Cemetery — map

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Timeline

  1. 1845
    Born in Hanover, Germany
  2. July 13, 1872
    Act of valor — Whetstone Mountains, Arizona Territory
    Age about 27. Company F, 5th U.S. Cavalry
  3. December 4, 1874
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. July 13, 1915
    Died
    Age about 70.
  5. Resting place
    Loudon Park National Cemetery
    Baltimore, Maryland

Biography

Henry Newman (c. 1845 – July 13, 1915) was a German-born soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 5th U.S. Cavalry during the Indian Wars. In the Apache Wars, he was one of three men who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry against a hostile band of Apache Indians in the Whetstone Mountains of Arizona on July 13, 1872.

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Also honored for actions on July 13, 1872

MG Michael Glynn Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 John Nihill Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872

Same unit

JB James Brown Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 Edward P. Grimes Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 JM John Mitchell Merrill Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 GM George Moquin Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 JP John A. Poppe Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 HR Hampton Mitchell Roach Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Ohio

ES Edward Clay Sharpless Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 JS Julius Henry Stickoffer Saddler · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 RH Rufus D. Hutchinson Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JD James Dowling Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 HB Heinrich Bertram Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JP James N. Pratt Blacksmith · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Wikidata and Wikipedia. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.