Medal of Honor
1861-02-13
Apache Pass, Arizona, USA
- Rank at action
- Assistant Surgeon
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Indian Campaigns
- Unit or command
- 7th U.S. Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Voluntarily took command of troops and attacked and defeated hostile Indians he met on the way. Surgeon Irwin volunteered to go to the rescue of 2d Lt. George N. Bascom, 7th Infantry, who with 60 men was trapped by Chiricahua Apaches under Cochise. Irwin and 14 men, not having horses began the 100-mile march riding mules. After fighting and capturing Indians, recovering stolen horses and cattle, he reached Bascom's column and help break his siege.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Bernard John Dowling Irwin — Congressional Medal of Honor Society recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-09-01
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-002916
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-09-01
- Entered service at
- New York
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 128c132330f525e4f24f64db16115310482215c88daabe9bc3cb6f4a82e3b750
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile comparison is documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Inherited candidate rank 3 is the controlled official profile; the expanded full name becomes canonical and the legacy initials remain an alias.