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First Sergeant Henry Newman and seven privates of Company F, 5th Cavalry, were dispatched from Camp Crittenden on July 13, 1872, after their commanding officer received reports that a large herd of cattle had been stolen from a local rancher by a band of raiding Apaches. The small cavalry detachment followed the Apache raiders fifteen miles until deep into a canyon in the Whetstone Mountains, where they were suddenly attacked by forty Indians. The Apache were so well concealed it was difficult to mount a defense, and from the high ground they began to roll rocks down on the beleaguered cavalry force, several soldiers being wounded. First Sergeant Newman ordered a retreat, during which Private John Nihill remained to cover the withdrawal of the wounded, defeating four hostile Apaches. In addition to Private Nihill, First Sergeant Newman and Private Michael Glynn earned Medals of Honor in this same action.
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