CRUSE, THOMAS
Rank and Organization: Second Lieutenant, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place and
Date: At Big Dry Fork, Ariz., 17 July 1882. Entered Service At: Owensboro, Ky. Birth:
Owensboro, Ky. Date of Issue: 12 July 1892. Second Lieutenant, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place and
Date: At Big Dry Fork, Ariz., 17 July 1882. Entered Service At: Owensboro, Ky. Birth:
Owensboro, Ky. Date of Issue: 12 July 1892.
Citation:
Gallantly charged hostile Indians, and with his carbine compelled a party of them
to keep under cover of their breastworks, thus being enabled to recover a severely wounded
soldier.
