John Crist – Medal of Honor, Indian Campaigns (1869)

Sergeant John Crist, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on November 26, 1869 in Arizona during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Crist was about 24 years old.

The medal was presented on March 3, 1870.

Crist was born in 1845 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland.

Crist is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 85 credited to Maryland.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in action.

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

Timeline

1845
Born in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland
November 26, 1869
Act of valor — Arizona
Age about 24. Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry
March 3, 1870
Medal of Honor presented

Same unit

Edgar R. Aston Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 SB Sanford Bradbury First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 TC Thomas Carroll Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 WC William G. Cubberly Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 HF Henry Falcott Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 NF Nicholas Foran Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 DG David Goodman Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 PH Paul Haupt Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Maryland

JD John L. Donahue Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 WF William Foster Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872

Marion Perry Maus First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1886 LH Lehmann Hinemann Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872

Paul H. Weinert Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 WM William McNamara First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872

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.