| 词条 | Brent Woods |
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|name=Brent Woods |birth_date= 1855 |death_date= March 31, {{Death year and age|1906|1855}} |birth_place=Pulaski County, Kentucky |death_place=Somerset, Kentucky |placeofburial= Mill Springs National Cemetery, Nancy, Kentucky |placeofburial_label= Place of burial |image= Brent Woods with hat.jpg |medal=US-MOH-1862.png |caption=Sergeant Brent Woods |nickname= |allegiance=United States of America |branch=United States Army |serviceyears=1873 – 1902 |rank=Sergeant |commands= |unit=9th Cavalry Regiment |battles=American Indian Wars |awards=Medal of Honor |spouse=Pearl Baker[1] |laterwork= }} Brent Woods (1855 – March 31, 1906) was an African American Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States. BiographyWoods was born a slave in Pulaski County, Kentucky and freed at the age of 8.[1] He joined the US Army from Louisville, Kentucky in 1873 at the age of 18 and was assigned to Company B of the 9th Cavalry Regiment. On August 19, 1881, he participated in a battle at Gavilan Canyon in New Mexico against Chief Nana and a small band of Apaches. After the deaths of six men in his cavalry, including his lieutenant, Woods took command and fought to save the lives of many of his comrades. Thirteen years later, on July 12, 1894, Sergeant Woods was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the engagement. He retired from the army in 1902 and returned to Somerset.[2] Woods died in 1906 at the age of 50 or 51 and was buried in an unmarked grave at the First Baptist Church of Somerset.[1] Knowledge of Sergeant Woods' achievements remained largely obscured until 1982 when Lorraine Smith of Somerset started a campaign to mark Woods' grave.[1] On June 20, 1984, the US Army exhumed Woods' remains and gave him a full military funeral on October 28.[2][3] His grave can be found in section A, grave 930 of Mill Springs National Cemetery, Nancy, Kentucky.[4] Medal of Honor citationRank and organization: Sergeant, Company B, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: New Mexico, August 19, 1881. Entered service at: Louisville, Ky. Birth: Pulaski County, Ky. Date of issue: July 12, 1894.
Saved the lives of his comrades and citizens of the detachment.[5] See also{{Portal|United States Army|Biography}}
Notes1. ^1 2 3 {{cite book |author1=Gerald L. Smith |author2=Karen Cotton McDaniel |author3=John A. Hardin |title=The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-0AoCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA543 |date=16 July 2015 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-6066-5 |page=543}} 2. ^1 {{cite book |author=Berry Craig |title=Hidden History of Kentucky Soldiers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j82VAypMFtIC&pg=PA65 |year=2011 |publisher=The History Press |isbn=978-1-59629-996-2 |pages=65–67}} 3. ^{{cite book |publisher=Boston Publishing Company |title=The Medal of Honor: A History of Service Above and Beyond |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3-bUBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA75 |date=1 October 2014 |isbn=978-0-7603-4624-2 |page=75}} 4. ^{{Find a Grave|7743466|work=Claim to Fame: Medal of Honor recipients|accessdate=2007-11-23}} 5. ^{{Cite web |publisher = United States Army Center of Military History |title = Indian War Period Medal of Honor recipients |work = Medal of Honor citations |date = 2005-04-19 |url = http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/indianwars.html |accessdate = 2007-01-15}} References
|publisher = United States Army Center of Military History |title = Indian War Period Medal of Honor recipients |work = Medal of Honor citations |date = June 8, 2009 |url = http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/indianwars.html |accessdate = June 8, 2009}} External links
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