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First Sergeant · U.S. Army

Michael A. McGann

First Sergeant Michael A. McGann, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on June 17, 1876 at Rosebud River, Montana during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns June 17, 1876Born in Ireland

First Sergeant Michael A. McGann, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on June 17, 1876 at Rosebud River, Montana during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company F, 3d U.S. Cavalry. McGann was about 30 years old.

3 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on September 9, 1880, 4 years after the action. He later rose to the rank of Sergeant Major Ordnance Corps.

McGann was born in 1846 in County Roscommon, Ireland — one of 258 recipients born in Ireland. His Medal of Honor is credited to St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri. McGann died on September 27, 1918 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of about 72. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.

McGann is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 78 credited to Missouri.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in action.

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

Timeline

  1. 1846
    Born in County Roscommon, Ireland
  2. June 17, 1876
    Act of valor — Rosebud River, Montana
    Age about 30. Company F, 3d U.S. Cavalry
  3. September 9, 1880
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. September 27, 1918
    Died in Los Angeles, California
    Age about 72.
  5. Resting place
    Calvary Cemetery
    Los Angeles, California

Also honored for actions on June 17, 1876

JR Joseph Robinson First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JS John Henry Shingle First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 ES Elmer A. Snow Trumpeter · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876

Same unit

HF Hermann Emil Fichter Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 JK John Kilmartin Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 DM Daniel H. Miller Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 JM John Mott Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 JY John P. Yount Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Missouri

TF Thomas Hall Forsyth First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 LV Leroy H. Vokes First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 AB Abram B. Brant Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 ✦ William Charles Bryan Hospital Steward · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 William Preble Hall First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 FM Fred Myers Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1891
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.