Medal of Honor
April 26, 1872
Loupe Fork of the Platte River, Nebraska, USA
- Rank at action
- Guide (civilian)
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Indian Campaigns
- Unit or command
- Indian Scouts attached to 3d U.S. Cavalry
The Citation
Sources ↓Gallantry in action.
(In 1916, the general review of all Medals of Honor deemed 900 unwarranted. This recipient was one of them. In June 1989, the U.S. Army Board of Correction of Records restored the medal to this recipient.)
Separately preserved current-source wording
Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.
Gallantry in action.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- William Frederick "buffalo bill" Cody — 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-001260
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Civilian
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 175ceba722fe6fa29fd9364e8de565595b1b764d2f3e5f0f9ad05de4664fdbed
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
Controlled archival reference search recovered the current expanded name and URL. The current profile also documents the 1916–1917 rescission and 1989 restoration; the award remains one canonical record.