b. 25/09/1840 Russell County, Virginia. d. 08/12/1900 Los Angeles, California.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 21/10/1876 to 08/01/1877 Cedar Creek, Montana.
Whitehead was born on September 25, 1840, in Russell County, Virginia. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in Louisville, Kentucky and was assigned to Company C, 5th U.S. Infantry
During the winter of 1876, Major General Nelson Miles led American soldiers in a series of engagements against the Sioux mostly in and around the Montana Territory. Whitehead was one of 31 soldiers to receive the Medal of Honor for “gallantry in action” during the period from October 21, 1876, to January 8, 1877. Whitehead was issued the Medal of Honor on April 27, 1877. He received his Medal at a parade at the Cantonment between the Yellowstone and Tongue Rivers in Montana from General William T Sherman on July 18, 1877.
MOH CITATION:
Gallantry in action.
BURIAL LOCATION: NEW CALVARY CEMETERY, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
SECTION B, LOT 288, GRAVE 12.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: UNKNOWN.
