Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Sergeant Rufus D. Hutchinson 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 B, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Hutchinson was about 26 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.
Hutchinson was born in 1850 in Butlerville, Warren County, Ohio. His Medal of Honor is credited to Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Hutchinson died on March 31, 1913 in Lockland, Ohio, at the age of about 63. He is buried at Reading Cemetery in Reading, Ohio.
Hutchinson is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 256 credited to Ohio.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Guarded and carried the wounded, brought water for the same, and posted and directed the men in his charge under galling fire from the enemy.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Timeline
- 1850Born in Butlerville, Warren County, Ohio
- June 25, 1876Act of valor — Little Big Horn River, MontanaAge about 26. Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry
- October 5, 1878Medal of Honor presented
- March 31, 1913Died in Lockland, OhioAge about 63.
- Resting placeReading CemeteryReading, Ohio
