Medal of Honor
June 4, 1869
Picacho Mountain, Arizona Territory, USA
- Rank at action
- Bugler
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Indian Campaigns
- Unit or command
- Company F, 8th U.S. Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓Killed an Indian warrior and captured his arms.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- George Gates — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29
current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001708
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-29
- Other source unit wording
- 8th U.S. Cavalry
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Blacksmith
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- bff5e854b68124aebedaee5d265b53101cb95faef21139536b490a04b3ca3616
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The current profile identifies the 8th U.S. Cavalry but omits the company. The inherited record preserves Company F; canonical metadata retains the fuller unit while the exact current structured unit remains separately recorded.