Benjamin F Stewart MOH

b. 1851 Norfolk, Virginia. d. ?

DATE OF MOH ACTION: 09/07/1876 Big Horn River, Montana.

Benjamin Stewart was born in 1851 in Norfolk, Virginia, and enlisted in the Army from Newport, Kentucky, in May 1875. He served as a private in Company E, 7th U.S. Infantry during the American Indian Wars. He received the Medal of Honor on December 2, 1876, for his actions at Little Big Horn River, Montana, on July 9, 1876. He was discharged due to physical disability later that month.

 

MOH CITATION:

Carried dispatches to Gen. Crook at imminent risk of his life.

 

BURIAL LOCATION: UNKNOWN.

LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.