KERR, JOHN B.
Rank and Organization: Captain, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place and Date: At
White River, S. Dak., 1 January 1891. Entered Service At: Hutchison Station, Ky. Birth:
Fayette County, Ky. Date of Issue: 25 April 1891. Captain, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place and Date: At
White River, S. Dak., 1 January 1891. Entered Service At: Hutchison Station, Ky. Birth:
Fayette County, Ky. Date of Issue: 25 April 1891.
Citation:
For distinguished bravery while in command of his troop in action against hostile
Sioux Indians on the north bank of the White River, near the mouth of Little Grass Creek,
S. Dak., where he defeated a force of 300 Brule Sioux warriors, and turned the Sioux
tribe, which was endeavoring to enter the Bad Lands, back into the Pine Ridge Agency.
