Cole Ellsworth Clark Price

1. THE
CONGRESSI
ONAL MEDAL
OF HONOR
Cole Ellsworth
Clark Price

2. WHAT IS IT?
• A bill designed to promote the efficiency of the
Navy by distributing Medals of Honor
• The Bill was signed by Abraham Lincoln, December
21st, 1861

3. GUIDELINES TO GET
THE M.O.H.
Must Be:
• Engaged in an action with an enemy against the U.S.
• Engaged in Military operations involving conflict with an
opposing foreign force
• Serving with friendly forces engaged in armed conflict
against an opposing armed force in which the U.S. is not a
belligerent party

4. CO-RUX-TE-CHOD-ISH
(MAD BEAR)
• Indian War Campaigns
• Sergeant
• U.S. Army
• Republican River, July 8th 1869
• Mad Bear ran from the
command in pursuit of a
dismounted Indian and was
shot by his own command.

5. FITZ LEE • War with Spain
• Private
• U.S. Army
• Tayabacoa, Cuba, June 30th 1898
• Voluntarily saved his wounded
comrades in the line of fire, when no
one else would.

6. SAMUEL M. • WWI
SAMPLER • Corporal
• U.S. Army
• St. Etienne, France, October 8th 1918
• Samuel threw three German grenades
while running into German fire, taking
out two machine gunners and causing
the surrender of 28 Germans.