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Trumpeter · U.S. Army

Michael Dawson

Trumpeter Michael Dawson, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on April 23, 1875 at Sappa Creek, Kansas during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns April 23, 1875

Trumpeter Michael Dawson, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on April 23, 1875 at Sappa Creek, Kansas during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Dawson was about 30 years old.

7 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on November 16, 1876. He later rose to the rank of Musician.

Dawson was born in 1845 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. His Medal of Honor is credited to New York, New York.

Dawson 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.

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

Timeline

  1. 1845
    Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
  2. April 23, 1875
    Act of valor — Sappa Creek, Kansas
    Age about 30. Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry
  3. November 16, 1876
    Medal of Honor presented

Also honored for actions on April 23, 1875

JA James F. Ayers Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 PG Peter W. Gardiner Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 EH Elisha Simpson Hornaday Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 JL James Lowthers Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 FP Frederick Platten Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 Marcus M. Robbins Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 RT Richard Longstreet Tea Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875

Same unit

JC John Connor Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JH John Harrington Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 TK Thomas Kerrigan Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 GK George Krause Kitchen Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 WM William W. Morris Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 ES Edward Clay Sharpless Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 CS Charles E. Smith Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 AS Alonzo Stokes First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870

More Indian Campaigns recipients from New York

EB Edmond Thomas Butler Captain · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 WA William Grafton Austin Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1890 HW Henry Wilkens First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 JB James Brown Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 ER Edward Rooney Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 RV Rudolph von Medem 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.