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Sergeant · U.S. Army

Thomas Kerrigan

Sergeant Thomas Kerrigan, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on July 12, 1870 at Wichita River, Texas during the Indian Campaigns.

Indian Campaigns July 12, 1870Born in Ireland

Sergeant Thomas Kerrigan 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 H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Kerrigan was about 25 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.

Kerrigan was born in 1845 in County Tipperary, Ireland — one of 258 recipients born in Ireland. His Medal of Honor is credited to New York, New York.

Kerrigan is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 678 credited to New York.

Official Medal of Honor citation

Gallantry in action.

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

Timeline

  1. 1845
    Born in County Tipperary, Ireland
  2. July 12, 1870
    Act of valor — Wichita River, Texas
    Age about 25. Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry
  3. August 25, 1870
    Medal of Honor presented

Also honored for actions on July 12, 1870

JC John Connor Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 GE George H. Eldridge Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JG John J. Given Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 ✦ JK John Kirk First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JM John May Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 SN Solon D. Neal Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 SP Samuel Porter Farrier · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 CS Charles E. Smith Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 AS Alonzo Stokes First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 JW James C. Watson Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 CW Claron Windus Bugler · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 WW William Winterbottom Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870

Same unit

JA James F. Ayers Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 MD Michael Dawson Trumpeter · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 PG Peter W. Gardiner Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 JH John Harrington Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 EH Elisha Simpson Hornaday Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 GK George Krause Kitchen Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 JL James Lowthers Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1875 WM William W. Morris Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874

More Indian Campaigns recipients from New York

JM John McHugh Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 TS Thomas J. Smith Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JB James Brown Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 CW Charles Windolph Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 ER Edward Rooney Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1876 PL Patrick Thomas Leonard Corporal · 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.