LOWTHERS, JAMES
Rank and Organization: Private, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place and
Date: At Sappa Creek, Kans., 23 April 1875. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of
Issue: 16 November 1876. Private, Company H, 6th U.S. Cavalry. Place and
Date: At Sappa Creek, Kans., 23 April 1875. Birth: Boston, Mass. Date of
Issue: 16 November 1876.
Citation:
With 5 other men he waded in mud and water up the creek to a position directly
behind an entrenched Cheyenne position, who were using natural bank pits to good advantage
against the main column. This surprise attack from the enemy rear broke their resistance.
