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Private · U.S. Army

James Russell

Private James Russell, 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 James Russell was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions 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. Russell was about 23 years old.

32 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on December 20, 1869.

Russell was born in 1846 in New York, New York. Russell died on March 15, 1905 in Jacksonville, Illinois, at the age of about 59. He is buried at Jacksonville Cemetery in Jacksonville, Illinois.

Russell is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 678 credited to New York.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in action with Indians.

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

Timeline

  1. 1846
    Born in New York, New York
  2. October 20, 1869
    Act of valor — Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona Territory
    Age about 23. Company G, 1st U.S. Cavalry
  3. December 20, 1869
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. March 15, 1905
    Died in Jacksonville, Illinois
    Age about 59.
  5. Resting place
    Jacksonville Cemetery
    Jacksonville, Illinois

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 New York

Michael McCarthy First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 MH Mathew H. Hamilton Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 MG Michael Glynn Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 CC Charles Cunningham Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 WD William de Armond Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 ✦ Oscar Fitzalan Long Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877
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.