Medal of Honor
June 25, 1876
Little Big Horn River, Montana, USA
- Rank at action
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Indian Campaigns
- Unit or command
- Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓Rescued the body of Lt. Hodgson from within the enemy's lines; brought up ammunition and encouraged the men in the most exposed positions under heavy fire.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Benjamin C Criswell — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001262
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- First Sergeant
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 57887646db4913b424b8df233974dedb59416e2a10cc1ac931b975e6da4d0ebe
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The inherited row misspelled the given name as Banjamin. Controlled resolution follows the current official Benjamin rendering while preserving the inherited form.