JORDAN, GEORGE
Rank and Organization: Sergeant, Company K, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place and
Date: At Fort Tularosa, N. Mex., 14 May 1880; at Carrizo Canyon, N. Mex., 12 August
1881. Entered Service At: Nashville, Tenn. Birth: Williamson County, Tenn. Date
of Issue: 7 May 1890. Sergeant, Company K, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place and
Date: At Fort Tularosa, N. Mex., 14 May 1880; at Carrizo Canyon, N. Mex., 12 August
1881. Entered Service At: Nashville, Tenn. Birth: Williamson County, Tenn. Date
of Issue: 7 May 1890.
Citation:
While commanding a detachment of 25 men at Fort Tularosa, N. Mex., repulsed a
force of more than 100 Indians. At Carrizo Canyon, N . Mex., while commanding the right of
a detachment of 19 men, on 12 August 1881, he stubbornly held his ground in an extremely
exposed position and gallantly forced back a much superior number of the enemy, preventing
them from surrounding the command.
