Henry Remsen Tilton

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Note - From Feb 1879, until March 1833 Maj. Surgeon. Henry Remsen Tilton was post Surgeon. Doctor Tilton had just returned from frontier duty and had demonstrated fearless gallantry in action against Indians at Bear Paw Mountain on sept 30 1877. He was awarded the Congressional Metal of Honor on March 22 1895, for his action. Tilton was born in New Jersey and was appointed as assistant surgeon in Jun 1876 after his tour of duty at Fort Riley. He went to Detroit and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and Deputy surgeon general in Aug 1893.

Note - In an 1880 Census from FT Riley Davis Kansas Dr Henry Remsen also had two Servants, their names are Elizabeth Miller born 1853 Switzerland and Magdelane Miller born 1854 Switzerland.

Note - Dr Henry Remsen Tilton was also present at Kit Carson's death took place at 4:25 pm on 23 May 1868, as he was close to death he addressed his faithful Doctor Henry Remsen Tilton adois ( Dear Friend, Good by) The full story ( http://www.legendsofamerica.com/hc-kitcarsonfriend.html )

Henry Remsen Tilton was born in Barnegat, New Jersey <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Barnegat,_New_Jersey> on February 1, 1836. He graduated in medicine from the University of Pennsylvania <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania> in 1859 and, at the start of the American Civil War <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/American_Civil_War>, enlisted in the United States Army <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/United_States_Army> in Jersey City <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Jersey_City> as an assistant surgeon on August 26, 1861. Serving as a first lieutenant <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/First_lieutenant> and surgeon in various federal hospitals throughout the war, he was brevetted a captain and major for "faithful and meritorious service" on March 13, 1865.[1] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/> Tilton remained with the Army Medical Department <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Army_Medical_Department_(United_States)> after the war and was post surgeon at Fort Lyon <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Fort_Lyon> in the Colorado Territory <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Colorado_Territory> from 1866 to 1870. While at Fort Lyon in May 1868, Tilton treated Kit Carson <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Kit_Carson> who had fallen ill while travelling to Washington, DC <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Washington,_DC>.[2] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/> He saw his first action that same year participating in skirmishes with the Cheyenne <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Cheyenne> on September 8 and again on October 7, 1868. Tilton later accompanied Colonel David S. Stanley <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/David_S._Stanley> in his expedition of the Yellowstone River <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Yellowstone_River> in the Montana Territory <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Montana_Territory> in 1873. He was subsequently stationed at various frontier posts in the North Plains and, in 1876, attained the rank of major-surgeon <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Major>.[1] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/> Tilton served under General Nelson A. Miles <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Nelson_A._Miles> at Wolf Mountain <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Battle_of_Wolf_Mountain>, the last major battle of the Great Sioux War of 1876-77 <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Great_Sioux_War_of_1876-77>, the following year.[3] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[4] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[5] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[6] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>
Within a few short months, Tilton was once again under Miles command when the Nez Perce War <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Nez_Perce_War> began that summer. Assigned to the 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/7th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)>, he later wrote an account of the campaign entitled "After the Nez Perce" published in Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun. On September 30, 1877, he won distinction at the Battle of Bear Paw Mountain <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Battle_of_Bear_Paw_Mountain> against Chief Joseph <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Chief_Joseph> and the Nez Perce <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Nez_Perce_tribe> by exposing himself to heavy fire to rescue and protect many wounded men on the battlefield. His actions would not be recognized by the War Department <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War> until almost twenty years later when he received the Medal of Honor <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Medal_of_Honor> on March 22, 1895.[1] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[2] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[3] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[4] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[5] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[6] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[7] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[8] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[9] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[10] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[11] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[12] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[13] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[14] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[15] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[16] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[17] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[18] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/> He spent the rest of his career with the medical department as deputy surgeon general.[1] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/> Tilton retired from active service as a lieutenant colonel <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel> on February 2, 1900, and made a full colonel upon being placed on the retirement list.[5] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[6] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/> He died in Sackets Harbor, New York <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Sackets_Harbor,_New_York> on June 25, 1906,[3] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[4] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/> and was interred at Arlington National Cemetery <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Arlington_National_Cemetery>.[2] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/> His wife, Anna M. Tilton, had died six months earlier and the two were buried alongside each other.[19] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>[20] <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/>
[edit <http://us.mg5.mail.yahoo.com/w/index.php?title=Henry_R._Tilton&action=edit§ion=2>] Medal of Honor citation
Rank and organization: Major and Surgeon, U.S. Army. Place and date: At Bear Paw Mountain, Mont., 30 September 1877. Entered service at: Jersey City, N.J. Birth: Barnegat, N.J. Date of issue: 22 March 1895.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Military Award: Medal of Honor, Unknown, Unknown.

Henry married Anna Maria Unknown (Tilton) in 1873. (Anna Maria Unknown (Tilton) was born on 2 Dec 1842 in New Jersey, died on 16 Jan 1908 in Arlington Virginia and was buried Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington Co Virginia, Find A Grave #49326264 Plot: Sect- 1, Lot. 392.)