U.S. Army
Harrington, JohnConflictIndian Campaigns
RankSergeant
Year of Action1874
Unit/Command6th U.S. Cavalry, Company H
HometownDetroit, Michigan
Citation
While carrying dispatches was attacked hy 125 hostile Indians, whom he and his comrades fought throughout the day. He was severely wounded in the hip and unable to move. He continued to fight, defending an exposed dying man.
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