Bratling, Frank [memorial] b. 1845 d. July 3, 1873 Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. After moving from Germany to the United States he joined the United States Army in Louisville, Kentucky on July 27, 1870. Serving as a Corporal in Company C, 8th United States Cavalry, he was stationed at Fort Selden in Don Ana County, New Mexico, which had been built to protect settlers in the area and those settlers that were passing through from the Indians. In July of 1873, the 8th Cavalry's Captain George W. Chilson and ten men departed...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd) Fort McRae Post Cemetery (Defunct), Elephant Butte, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
Crews, Charles Cotilda b. 1830 d. November 21, 1887 Civil Wat Confederate Army Officer. A practicing physician in Cuthbert, Georgia, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant of Georgia Cavalry in October of 1861. He was elected Captain of Company C of the 2nd Georgia Cavalry on May 7, 1862. He fought in all of the battles of the Army of Tennessee and was severely wounded in the hip in the attack at Dover, Tennessee in January of 1863. He personally accepted the surrender of General George Stoneman at Macon, Georgia in July of 1864. As commander of his...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Fisher) Hillsboro Cemetery (Hillsboro), Hillsboro, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
McNally, James b. 1839 d. November 26, 1904 Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. James McNally served in the 3rd and the 8th US Calvary from 1858–1883. Wounded during the Civil War battle of Valverde, February 21, 1862. After his final discharge, McNally lived in Hatch, Hillsboro, and Kingston New Mexico where he worked several mining claims. He died in Kingtson New Mexico on November 26, 1904. First Sergeant James McNally was presented the nation's highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his bravery in scouts and actions...[Read More] (Bio by: Find A Grave Volunteer) Kingston Cemetery, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
b. 1830 d. November 21, 1887