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Sergeant · U.S. Army

Michael Welch

Sergeant Michael Welch, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on October 5, 1870 at Wichita River, Texas during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns October 5, 1870

Sergeant Michael Welch was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on October 5, 1870 at Wichita River, Texas during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company M, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Welch was about 27 years old.

5 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on November 19, 1870.

Welch was born in 1843 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. His Medal of Honor is credited to New York, New York.

Welch 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. 1843
    Born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York
  2. October 5, 1870
    Act of valor — Wichita River, Texas
    Age about 27. Company M, 6th U.S. Cavalry
  3. November 19, 1870
    Medal of Honor presented

Also honored for actions on October 5, 1870

JA James Anderson Jr. Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 SB Samuel Bowden Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JD James B. Dozier Guide · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 DK Daniel Keating Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 BW Benjamin Wilson Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870

Same unit

JP Josiah Pennsyl Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 GS George W. Smith Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 ✦

More Indian Campaigns recipients from New York

ER Edward Rooney Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 CF Christopher Freemeyer Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 JD John Denny Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 TK Thomas Kerrigan Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 TS Thomas J. Smith Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 EM Edward Murphy Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869
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.