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Sergeant · U.S. Army

William Winterbottom

Sergeant William Winterbottom, 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 England

Sergeant William Winterbottom 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 A, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Winterbottom was about 23 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.

Winterbottom was born in 1847 in Manchester, England — one of 98 recipients born in England. His Medal of Honor is credited to Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Winterbottom died on April 4, 1932, at the age of about 85. He is buried at Bayview Cemetery in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Winterbottom 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.

Timeline

  1. 1847
    Born in Manchester, England
  2. July 12, 1870
    Act of valor — Wichita River, Texas
    Age about 23. Company A, 6th U.S. Cavalry
  3. August 25, 1870
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. April 4, 1932
    Died
    Age about 85.
  5. Resting place
    Bayview Cemetery
    Jersey City, New Jersey

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 ✦ TK Thomas Kerrigan Sergeant · 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

Same unit

FN Frederick S. Neilon Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 PR Peter Paul Roth Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874

More Indian Campaigns recipients from Massachusetts

SB Samuel Bowden Corporal · Army Indian Campaigns · 1870 DG David Goodman Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1869 JT James H. Turpin First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1872 TG Thomas H. Gay Private · Army Indian Campaigns · 1868 Myles Moylan Captain · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 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. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.