Private Solon D. Neal was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on July 12, 1870 at Wichita River, Texas during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company L, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Neal was about 24 years old.
12 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on August 25, 1870. He later rose to the rank of Sergeant.
Neal was born in 1846 in Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire. His Medal of Honor is credited to Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Neal died on November 1, 1920 in San Antonio, Texas, at the age of about 74. He is buried at San Antonio National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.
Neal 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 action.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: American Indian Wars, Texas–Indian Wars.
Life beyond the battlefield
- Occupations: librarian
Source: Wikidata.
Places
Veteran resources, cemeteries and meeting places in Massachusetts →
Timeline
- 1846Born in Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire
- July 12, 1870Act of valor — Wichita River, TexasAge about 24. Company L, 6th U.S. Cavalry
- August 25, 1870Medal of Honor presented
- November 1, 1920Died in San Antonio, TexasAge about 74.
- Resting placeSan Antonio National CemeterySan Antonio, Texas
Biography
Solon D. Neal (1846 – November 1, 1920) was an American soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 6th U.S. Cavalry during the Texas-Indian Wars. He was one of thirteen men who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry against the Kiowa and Chief Kicking Bird at the Battle of the Little Wichita River on July 12, 1870.
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