Brent Woods (Medal of Honor recipient)

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Brent Woods
1855 – March 31, 1906
Sergeant Brent Woods
Sergeant Brent Woods
Place of birth Pulaski County, Kentucky
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Rank Sergeant
Unit 9th Cavalry Regiment
Battles/wars Indian Wars
Awards Medal of Honor
Brent Woods
Brent Woods

Brent Woods (1855-1906) was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States.

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[edit] Biography

Woods joined the Army in Louisville, Kentucky, and by August 19, 1881 was serving as a Sergeant in Company B of the 9th Cavalry Regiment. On that day, he participated in an engagement in New Mexico where he "[s]aved the lives of his comrades and citizens of the detachment." Thirteen years later, on July 12, 1894, Sergeant Woods was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the engagement.

Woods died at age 50 or 51 and was buried in Mill Springs National Cemetery, Nancy, Kentucky. His grave can be found in section A, grave 930.[1]

[edit] Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: New Mexico, 19 August 1881. Entered service at: Louisville, Ky. Birth: Pulaski County, Ky. Date of issue: 12 July 1894.

Citation:

Saved the lives of his comrades and citizens of the detachment.[2]

[edit] See also

United States Army Portal

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Brent Woods (Medal of Honor recipient) at Find A Grave Retrieved on 2007-11-23
  2. ^ Indian War Period Medal of Honor Recipients. Medal of Honor Citations. U.S. Army Center of Military History (2005-04-19). Retrieved on 2007-01-15.

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