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The story of a Buffalo Soldier who won the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Warm Springs Apache uprising of 1880-1881.
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Transcript
George Jordan was a black man, born into slavery in Tennessee who died a decorated American Hero. Following the Civil War, Jordan enlisted in the Army and was assigned as a Buffalo Soldier in Company K, 9th Calvary. Jordan soon found himself stationed in southwestern New Mexico and assigned to patrol and protect settlers from depredations by marauding Warm Springs Apaches in the area. On May 14, 1880, following a forced night march to Fort Tularosa north of Reserve, Jordan’s unit of 25 soldiers came under fire from a group of about 100 warriors led by the notorious Apache chief Victorio. The record shows that George Jordan maintained a cool head and was personally instrumental in repelling the attack.
But there was more to come. On August 12, 1881, while patrolling with a command of 19 soldiers, Sergeant Jordan and his troops were again beset by Victorio’s Apache warriors, this time...
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