Clinton Greaves (Medal Of Honor) - Green Lawn Cemetery

Clinton Greaves
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Clinton Greaves
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Green Lawn Cemetery
Columbus, Ohio

Clinton Greaves (Buffalo Soldier Medal Of Honor) - Green Lawn Cemetey

Clinton Greaves
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9th Cavalry
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Green Lawn Cemetery
Columbus, Ohio

Clinton Greaves (Medal Of Honor) - Green Lawn Cemetery

Clinton Greaves
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Medal of Honor recipient
Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 9th U.S. Cavalry

Place and date: At Florida Mountains, N. Mex., 24 January 1877

Entered service at: Prince Georges County, Md.

Date of issue: 26 June 1879

Citation: While part of a small detachment to persuade a band of renegade Apache Indians to surrender, his group was surrounded. Cpl. Greaves in the center of the savage hand-to-hand fighting, managed to shoot and bash a gap through the swarming Apaches, permitting his companions to break free.

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Clinton Greaves (Medal of Honor & Buffalo Soldier) - Green Lawn Cemetery

Clinton Greaves
Green Lawn Cemetery
Section 27, lot 88
Columbus, Ohio

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Citation
While part of a small detachment to persuade a band of renegade Apache Indians to surrender, his group was surrounded. Cpl. Greaves in the center of the savage hand-to-hand fighting, managed to shoot and bash a gap through the swarming Apaches, permitting his companions to break free.