Medal of Honor Recipients in Colorado
![Captain Francis S. Dodge](/uploads/1/3/1/6/13161131/captain-francis-s-dodge_orig.jpg)
Captain Francis S. Dodge, CO D, 9th Cavalry. Action: Near White River Agency, Colorado 29, September 1879. Citation: “With a force of 40 men rode all night to the relief of a command that had been defeated and was besieged by an overwhelming force of Indians, reached the field at daylight, joined in the action and fought for 3 days.”
![Sergeant Henry Johnson](/uploads/1/3/1/6/13161131/sergeant-henry-johnson_orig.jpg)
Sergeant Henry Johnson, CO D, 9th Cavalry. Action: At Milk City, Colorado on October 2-5, 1879. Citation: “Sergeant Johnson voluntarily left the fortified shelter and under heavy fire at close range made the rounds of the pits to instruct the guards; fought his way to the creek and back to bring water to the wounded.”
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![Louis H. Carpenter](/uploads/1/3/1/6/13161131/louis-h-carpenter_orig.jpg)
Captain Louis H. Carpenter, CO H, 10th Cavalry. Action: At Indian campaigns in Kansas and Colorado, September-October 1868. Citation: “Was gallant and meritorious throughout the campaigns, especially in the combat of October 15 and in the forced march on September 23-24 and the 25 to the relief of Forsyth's Scouts, who were known to be in danger of annihilation by largely superior forces of Indians.”