Paul Haupt – Medal of Honor, Indian Campaigns (1869)

Corporal Paul Haupt, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on July 3, 1869 at Hell Canyon, Arizona during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Haupt was about 27 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.

Haupt was born in 1842 in Germany (Prussia) — one of 130 recipients born in Germany. His Medal of Honor is credited to Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland. Haupt died on January 18, 1876 in Denver, Colorado, US, at the age of about 34. He is buried at unknown in Denver, Colorado.

Haupt is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 85 credited to Maryland.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in action.

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

Timeline

1842
Born in Germany (Prussia)
July 3, 1869
Act of valor — Hell Canyon, Arizona
Age about 27. Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry
March 3, 1870
Medal of Honor presented
January 18, 1876
Died in Denver, Colorado, US
Age about 34.
Resting place
unknown
Denver, Colorado

Also honored for actions on July 3, 1869

SB Sanford Bradbury First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JM John James Mitchell Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869

Same unit

Edgar R. Aston Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 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 DG David Goodman Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JK John Kay Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Maryland

John Oscar Skinner Contract Surgeon · Army Indian Campaigns · 1873 LH Lehmann Hinemann Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 WP Wilhelm O. Philipsen Blacksmith · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879

Marion Perry Maus First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1886 FD Frederick Deetline Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 WM William McNamara First 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.