Medal of Honor
May 16, 1869
Spring Creek, Nebraska, USA
- Rank at action
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Indian Campaigns
- Unit or command
- 5th U.S. Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓While serving with a scouting column, this officer's troop was attacked by a vastly superior force of Indians. Advancing to high ground, he dismounted his men, remaining mounted himself to encourage them, and there fought the Indians until relieved, his horse being wounded.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- John Breckinridge Babcock — 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-001244
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Brigadier General U.S. Vols.
- Entered service at
- Stonington, Conn.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 4070fbb889f73f5681bbca93b1189b3bc94337ff378c1d3401b19e499ca48470
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.