Daniel Farren

Daniel Farren
Born 1848
County Londonderry, Ireland
Died ?
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service c. 1868–1870
Rank Private
Unit 8th U.S. Cavalry
Battles/wars Indian Wars
Apache Wars
Awards Medal of Honor

Private Daniel Farren (born 1848 – unknown) was an Irish-born soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 8th U.S. Cavalry during the Apache Wars. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry fighting the Apache Indians in the Black Mountains of Arizona from August to October 1868.

Biography

Daniel Farren was born in County Londonderry, Ireland in 1848. He later emigrated to the United States and enlisted in the U.S. Army in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1][2] He joined Company B of the 8th U.S. Cavalry and assigned to frontier duty in the Arizona Territory during the late-1860s. He was part of a small cavalry detachment numbering 50 or 60 soldiers, mostly from Company B and Company L, that protected settlers from Apache raiding parties during the late summer and autumn of 1868. Farren and the other troopers often fought the Apache during their patrols, most often in ambushes and sniper attacks from hidden ravines, many of whom were cited for gallantry in this period. Farren won particular distinction fighting the Apache in the Black Mountains. In one of the largest award presentations at the time, he was among the thirty-four troopers who received the Medal of Honor[3] for "bravery in scouts and actions against Indians" on July 24, 1869.[1][2][4][5][6][7]

Nothing is known from him after he deserted in October 1870. [8]

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and organization: Private, Company B, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: Arizona, August to October 1868. Entered service at:------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: July 24, 1869.

Citation:

Bravery in scouts and actions against Indians.[9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Sterner, C. Douglas (1999). "MOH Citation for Daniel Farren". MOH Recipients: Indian Campaigns. HomeofHeroes.com. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Army Times Publishing Company. "Military Times Hall of Valor: Daniel Farren". Awards and Citations: Medal of Honor. MilitaryTimes.com. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  3. ↑ Beyer, Walter F. and Oscar Frederick Keydel, ed. Deeds of Valor: From Records in the Archives of the United States Government; how American Heroes Won the Medal of Honor; History of Our Recent Wars and Explorations, from Personal Reminiscences and Records of Officers and Enlisted Men who Were Rewarded by Congress for Most Conspicuous Acts of Bravery on the Battle-field, on the High Seas and in Arctic Explorations. Vol. 2. Detroit: Perrien-Keydel Company, 1906. (pg. 145)
  4. ↑ Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs. Medal of Honor recipients, 1863-1978, 96th Cong., 1st sess. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1979. (pg. 282)
  5. ↑ Manning, Robert, ed. Above and Beyond: A History of the Medal of Honor from the Civil War to Vietnam. Boston: Boston Publishing Company, 1985. (pg. 325) ISBN 0-939526-19-0
  6. ↑ Hannings, Bud. A Portrait of the Stars and Stripes. Glenside, Pennsylvania: Seniram Publishing, 1988. (pg. 396) ISBN 0-922564-00-0
  7. ↑ Yenne, Bill. Indian Wars: The Campaign for the American West. Yardley, Pennsylvania: Westholme Publishing, 2006. (pg. 139) ISBN 1-59416-016-3
  8. ↑ http://www.mohhsus.com/lost-to-history
  9. ↑ "Medal of Honor recipients". Indian War Campaigns. United States Army Center of Military History. June 8, 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2009.

External links

"Daniel Farren". Claim to Fame: Medal of Honor recipients. Find a Grave. Retrieved June 29, 2010. 

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