Sergeant Richard P. Hanley was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on June 25, 1876 at Little Big Horn River, Montana during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company C, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Hanley was about 33 years old.
22 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on October 5, 1878, 2 years after the action.
Hanley was born in 1843 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. His Medal of Honor is credited to Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Hanley died on September 13, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of about 80. He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden, Massachusetts.
Hanley is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 256 credited to Ohio.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Recaptured, singlehandedly, and without orders, within the enemy's lines and under a galling fire lasting some 20 minutes, a stampeded pack mule loaded with ammunition.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Timeline
- 1843Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- June 25, 1876Act of valor — Little Big Horn River, MontanaAge about 33. Company C, 7th U.S. Cavalry
- October 5, 1878Medal of Honor presented
- September 13, 1923Died in Boston, MassachusettsAge about 80.
- Resting placeHoly Cross CemeteryMalden, Massachusetts
