Medal of Honor
January 1, 1891
White River, South Dakota, USA
- Rank at action
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Indian Campaigns
- Unit or command
- 6th U.S. Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓Headed the advance across White River partly frozen, in a spirited movement to the effective assistance of Troop K, 6th U.S. Cavalry.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Headed the advance across White River, partly frozen, in a spirited movement to the effective assistance of Troop K, 6th U.S. Cavalry.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Benjamin Harrison Cheever Jr — 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-001258
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Colonel
- Entered service at
- Washington, D.C.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- eaf6984bb0d3145cd69e8accbec5c1eea0d1ac87ad439ea428f560bfa91924c0
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Current reference profile confirms identity and core action metadata; legacy full citation text and source-row provenance are retained; General Order comparison remains pending.