U.S. Army
Jordan, GeorgeConflictIndian Campaigns
Year of Action1881
Unit/Command9th U.S. Cavalry, Company K
HometownTennessee
Citation
While commanding a detachment of 25 men at Fort Tularosa, N. Mex., repulsed a force of more than 100 Indians. At Carrizo Canyon, N . Mex., while commanding the right of a detachment of 19 men, on 12 August 1881, he stubbornly held his ground in an extremely exposed position and gallantly forced back a much superior number of the enemy, preventing them from surrounding the command.
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