Private Mosheim Feaster, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on December 29, 1890 at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company E, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Feaster was 23 years old.
18 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on June 23, 1891.
Feaster was born on May 27, 1867 in Schellsburg, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. His Medal of Honor is credited to Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Feaster died on March 18, 1950 in San Mateo, California, at the age of 82. He is buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California.
Feaster is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 256 credited to Ohio.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Extraordinary gallantry.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: Spanish–American War, American Indian Wars.
Places
Timeline
- May 27, 1867Born in Schellsburg, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
- December 29, 1890Act of valor — Wounded Knee Creek, South DakotaAge 23. Company E, 7th U.S. Cavalry
- June 23, 1891Medal of Honor presented
- March 18, 1950Died in San Mateo, CaliforniaAge 82.
- Resting placeGolden Gate National CemeterySan Bruno, California
Biography
First Sergeant Mosheim Feaster (May 27, 1867 – March 18, 1950) was an American soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 7th U.S. Cavalry during the Indian Wars. He was one of nineteen men awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary gallantry at the Battle of Wounded Knee, but now called the Wounded Knee Massacre, on December 29, 1890. He later served in the Spanish–American War.
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