Medal of Honor
June 25, 1876–June 26, 1876
Little Big Horn, Montana, USA
- Rank at action
- Private
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Indian Campaigns
- Unit or command
- Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓Volunteered and succeeded in obtaining water for the wounded of the command; also displayed conspicuously good conduct in assisting to drive away the Indians.
Preserved earlier transcription
Volunteered and succeeded in obtaining water for the wounded of the command; also displayed conspicuously good conduct in assistlng to drive away the Indians.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Thomas Joseph Callen — 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-002819
- Transcription status
- Current Society citation · legacy wording preserved
- Last source check
- 2026-09-01
- Entered service at
- Boston, Mass.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 668e500d3315d04a5a9dbf73e07fcd598e63026235e389a9523336bc0fd77bc4
Current rendered Society citation adopted as the canonical display wording; the complete legacy transcription and checksum remain preserved in the award and evidence records.
Current profile corrects the inherited transcription typo “assistlng” to “assisting.”