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Indian War Period - Apache Attacks
Medal of Honor Recipients



BAILEY, JAMES E.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company E, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: Winter of 1872-73. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Dexter, Maine. Date of issue: 12 April 1875. Citation: Gallant conduct during campaigns and engagements with Apaches.

HYDE, HENRY J.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company M, 1st U .S. Cavalry. Place and date: Winter of 1872-73. Entered service at: Princeton, 111. Birth: Bangor, Maine. Date of issue: 12 August 1875. Citation: Gallant conduct during campaigns and engagements with Apaches.

TAYLOR, WILBUR N.
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company K, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: Arizona, 1868 and 1869. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Hamden, Maine. Date of issue: 6 September 1869. Citation: Bravery in actions with Indians.
(Source: Center of Military History, United States Army, U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs Report, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1978)




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