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Medal of Honor Recipient

George Jordan

U.S. Army · Indian Campaigns

MOH-RC-001286Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1881

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Medal of Honor

August 12, 1881

Fort Tularosa & Carrizo Canyon, New Mexico, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Indian Campaigns
Unit or command
Company K, 9th U.S. Cavalry

The Citation

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While commanding a detachment of 25 men at Fort Tularosa, N. Mex., repulsed a force of more than 100 Indians. At Carrizo Canyon, N . Mex., while commanding the right of a detachment of 19 men, on 12 August 1881, he stubbornly held his ground in an extremely exposed position and gallantly forced back a much superior number of the enemy, preventing them from surrounding the command.
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While commanding a detachment of 25 men at Fort Tularosa, N. Mex., repulsed a force of more than 100 Indians. At Carrizo Canyon, N. Mex., while commanding the right of a detachment of 19 men, 12 August 1881, he stubbornly held his ground in an extremely exposed position and gallantly forced back a much superior number of the enemy, preventing them from surrounding the command.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. George Jordan — 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-001293
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Entered service at
Nashville, Tenn.
Archive transcription SHA-256
738feb6404635851b2aecc96d44482831571ec9546cc7e96549da894d9b0fde1

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The current citation documents related actions at Fort Tularosa and Carrizo Canyon; both place references are retained in the controlled action-place field.

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