VARNUM, CHARLES A.
Rank and Organization: Captain, Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place and
Date: At White Clay Creek, S. Dak., 30 December 1890. Entered Service At:
Pensacola, Fla. Birth: Troy, N.Y. Date of Issue: 22 September 1897. Captain, Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place and
Date: At White Clay Creek, S. Dak., 30 December 1890. Entered Service At:
Pensacola, Fla. Birth: Troy, N.Y. Date of Issue: 22 September 1897.
Citation:
While executing an order to withdraw, seeing that a continuance of the movement
would expose another troop of his regiment to being cut off and surrounded, he disregarded
orders to retire, placed himself in front of his men, led a charge upon the advancmg
Indians, regained a commanding position that had just been vacated, and thus insured a
safe withdrawal of both detachments without further loss.
