Thursday, March 30, 2017

Clinton Greaves (Medal Of Honor) - Green Lawn Cemetery


Clinton Greaves
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Greaves

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.

Medal of Honor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor

Buffalo Soldier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Soldier

Indian Wars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Wars