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Private · U.S. Army

Samuel Richman

Private Samuel Richman, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on August 22, 1868 vicinity of the Black Mountains, Arizona during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns August 22, 1868

Private Samuel Richman, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on August 22, 1868 vicinity of the Black Mountains, Arizona during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company E, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Richman was about 23 years old.

11 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on September 6, 1869.

Richman was born in 1845 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

Richman is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 256 credited to Ohio.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Bravery in actions with Indians.

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

Timeline

  1. 1845
    Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  2. August 22, 1868
    Act of valor — Vicinity of the Black Mountains, Arizona
    Age about 23. Company E, 8th U.S. Cavalry
  3. September 6, 1869
    Medal of Honor presented

Also honored for actions on August 22, 1868

TC Thomas Carroll Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 CC Charles Crandall Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 HF Henry Falcott Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 NF Nicholas Foran Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 FG Francis C. Green Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JG Jacob Gunther Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JH John Hall Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 DM David A. Matthews Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JM James McNally First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 JS John Alexander Sutherland Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 WT Wilbur Nelson Taylor Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868

Same unit

MC Michael Corcoran Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 CD Cornelius Donavan Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 FH Frank Hamilton Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JM John Moriarity Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Ohio

JP James N. Pratt Blacksmith · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 BK Bartholomew T. Keenan Trumpeter · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 DM Daniel H. Miller Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1871 MW Milden H. Wilson Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 RS Rudolph Stauffer First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 DH David W. Harris Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876
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.