Benjamin F. Stewart
Born: 1851 at Norfolk, Virginia
Home Town: Boston, Massachusetts
Medal of Honor
American Indian Wars
U.S. Army
Date of Issue: December 2, 1876
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Benjamin F. Stewart, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 9 July 1876, while serving with Company E, 7th U.S. Infantry, in action at Big Horn, Montana. Private Stewart carried dispatches to Brigadier General Crook at imminent risk of his life.