b. 1845 New York. d. 04/05/1895 Seattle, Washington.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 23/09/1869 Red Creek, Arizona.
George Ferrari was born in New York City, New York in 1845. He later joined the U.S. Army in Cleveland, Ohio and was assigned to Company D of the 8th U.S. Cavalry. Ferrari was sent to the Arizona Territory where he took part in the Apache Wars in the late-1860s. On September 23, 1869, he and two other cavalry troopers, Private John Walker and Sergeant Charles Harris, were cited for “gallantry in action” against the Apache at Red Creek and received the Medal of Honor on 23 November 1869. Although he was the first and only Italian-American ever to receive the MOH during the Indian Wars, little of his life is known prior to and after leaving the military. It is believed he may have died in Seattle in 1895 but this is not confirmed.
MOH CITATION:
Gallantry in action.
BURIAL LOCATION: MOUNT PLEASANT CEMETERY, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.
UNCONFIRMED.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.