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Samuel Bowden

Corporal Samuel Bowden, 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

Corporal Samuel Bowden 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. Bowden was about 24 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.

Bowden was born in 1846 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. His Medal of Honor is credited to Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Bowden is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 265 credited to Massachusetts.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in pursuit of and fight with Indians.

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

Timeline

  1. 1846
    Born in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
  2. October 5, 1870
    Act of valor — Wichita River, Texas
    Age about 24. Company M, 6th U.S. Cavalry
  3. November 19, 1870
    Medal of Honor presented

Biography

Samuel Bowden (born c. 1846) was a corporal in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Indian Wars. Samuel was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1846. He was a corporal in Company M, 6th US Cavalry when he displayed actions near the Wichita River, Texas, that would earn him the Medal of Honor. The citation reads: Citation:Gallantry in pursuit of and fight with Indians.Samuel received the Medal of Honor on November 19, 1870, and the date of his death is unknown, as well as his final resting place.

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Also honored for actions on October 5, 1870

JA James Anderson Jr. Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JD James B. Dozier Guide · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 DK Daniel Keating Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 MW Michael Welch Sergeant · 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 Massachusetts

FB Frederick Bergendahl Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 JM John Moriarity Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns TG Thomas H. Gay Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 FT Frank Tolan Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 Thomas Joseph Callen Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 WT Wilbur Nelson Taylor Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Wikidata and Wikipedia. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.