Charles A. Bessey
Indian War
Corporal, U.S. Army, Company A, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Awarded for actions neark Elkhorn Creek Wyo.
January 13, 1877
Corporal, U.S. Army, Company A, 3d U.S. Cavalry. Awarded for actions neark Elkhorn Creek Wyo.
January 13, 1877
While scouting with 4 men and attacked in ambush by 14 hostile Indians, held his ground, 2 of his men being wounded, and kept up the fight until himself wounded in the side, and then went to the assistance of his wounded comrades.
