BENJAMIN C. CRISWELL MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: INDIAN CAMPAIGN
Photograph By: J.J. PRATS
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
HE RESCUED THE BODY OF 2ND LIEUTENANT BENJAMIN H. HODGSON FROM WITHIN ENEMY LINES; BROUGHT UP AMMUNITION AND ENCOURAGED THE MEN IN THE MOST EXPOSED POSITIONS UNDER HEAVY FIRE IN THE LITTLE BIG HORN RIVER FIGHT. FOR THIS ACTION HE WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR.
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