Indian Campaign Medal
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The Indian Campaign Medal is a decoration established by War Department General Orders 12, 1907.[1] The medal was retroactively awarded to any soldier of the U.S. Army who had participated in the American Indian Wars against the Native Americans between 1865 and 1891.
For British campaign medals in India, see British campaign medals and Orders, decorations, and medals of British India.
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Type | Campaign medal |
Awarded for | Service in enumerated campaigns or "against hostile Indians in any other action in which United States troops were killed or wounded between 1865 and 1891." |
Presented by | the Department of War |
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