Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Sergeant James Thomas Daniels received the Medal of Honor for his actions on March 7, 1890 in Arizona during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company L, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Daniels was about 30 years old.
2 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on May 15, 1890.
Daniels was born in 1860 in Richland County, Illinois. His Medal of Honor is credited to Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas. Daniels died on January 2, 1933 in Richmond, Virginia, at the age of about 73. He is buried at Riverview Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.
Daniels is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 31 credited to Kansas.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Untiring energy and cool gallantry under fire in an engagement with Apache Indians.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Timeline
- 1860Born in Richland County, Illinois
- March 7, 1890Act of valor — ArizonaAge about 30. Company L, 4th U.S. Cavalry
- May 15, 1890Medal of Honor presented
- January 2, 1933Died in Richmond, VirginiaAge about 73.
- Resting placeRiverview CemeteryRichmond, Virginia
