JONES, WILLIAM H.
Rank and Organization: Farrier, Company L, 2d U.S. Cavalry. Place and
Date: At Little Muddy Creek, Mont., 7 May 1877- at Camas Meadows, Idaho, 20 August
1877. Entered Service At: Louisville, Ky. Birth: Davidson County, N.C. Date
of Issue: 28 February 1878. Farrier, Company L, 2d U.S. Cavalry. Place and
Date: At Little Muddy Creek, Mont., 7 May 1877- at Camas Meadows, Idaho, 20 August
1877. Entered Service At: Louisville, Ky. Birth: Davidson County, N.C. Date
of Issue: 28 February 1878.
Citation:
Gallantry in the attack against hostile Sioux Indians on May 7, 1877 at Muddy
Creek, Mont., and in the engagement with Nez Perces Indians at Camas Meadows, Idaho, on 20
August 1877 in which he sustained a painful knee wound.
