Samuel Hoover – Medal of Honor, Indian Campaigns (1873)

Serving as a soldier in the U.S. Army, Bugler Samuel Hoover received the Medal of Honor for his actions on May 6, 1873 in Santa Maria Mountains, Arizona during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company A, 1st U.S. Cavalry. Hoover was about 22 years old.

The medal was presented on August 12, 1875, 2 years after the action.

Hoover was born in 1851 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. His Medal of Honor is credited to Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

Hoover is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 380 credited to Pennsylvania.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in action; also services as trailer in May 1872.

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

Timeline

1851
Born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
May 6, 1873
Act of valor — Santa Maria Mountains, Arizona
Age about 22. Company A, 1st U.S. Cavalry
August 12, 1875
Medal of Honor presented

Same unit

RB Richard Barrett First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 MO Moses Orr Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Pennsylvania

WS William H. Strayer Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 CD Charles Daily Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 AG Albert Glavinski Blacksmith · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 WW William Wilson Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 PR Patrick Rogan Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 DF Daniel Farren Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868

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.