Samuel Bowden
Born: 1846 at Salem, Massachusetts
Home Town: Boston, Massachusetts
Date of Issue: November 19, 1870
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Samuel Bowden, United States Army, for gallantry in pursuit of and fight with Indians on 5 October 1870, while serving with Company M, 6th U.S. Cavalry, in action at Little Wichita River, Texas.
