Medal of Honor
September 29, 1879
White River Agency, Colorado, USA
- Rank at action
- Captain
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Indian Campaigns
- Unit or command
- Troop D, 9th U.S. Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓With a force of 40 men rode all night to the relief of a command that had been defeated and was besieged by an overwhelming force of Indians, reached the field at daylight, joined in the action and fought for 3 days.
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
With a force of 40 men rode all night to the relief of a command that had been defeated and was besieged by an overwhelming force of Indians, reached the field at daylight, joined in the action, and fought for three days.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Francis Safford Dodge — 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-001269
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brigadier General
- Entered service at
- Danvers, Mass.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- d278dc7dbb9b2719cd560f5927b71070fa78bc54ade63459e64ce098a3e8e3cd
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.