John F. Rowalt – Medal of Honor, Indian Campaigns (1869)

Private John F. Rowalt was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on October 14, 1869 at Lynx Creek, Arizona Territory during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Rowalt was about 22 years old.

2 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on March 3, 1870.

Rowalt was born in 1847 in Belleville, Richland County, Ohio. His Medal of Honor is credited to Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Rowalt died on November 7, 1875 in Covington, Kentucky, US, at the age of about 28. He is buried at Highland Cemetery in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky.

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

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in action with Indians.

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

Timeline

1847
Born in Belleville, Richland County, Ohio
October 14, 1869
Act of valor — Lynx Creek, Arizona Territory
Age about 22. Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry
March 3, 1870
Medal of Honor presented
November 7, 1875
Died in Covington, Kentucky, US
Age about 28.
Resting place
Highland Cemetery
Fort Mitchell, Kentucky

Also honored for actions on October 14, 1869

DG David Goodman Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JR John Raerick Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869

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 JC John Crist Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 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 PH Paul Haupt Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Ohio

HB Heinrich Bertram Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 MF Mosheim Feaster Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 JG John Green Major · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 SR Stanislaus Roy Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 RS Rudolph Stauffer First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 MW Milden H. Wilson Sergeant · 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.