Medal of Honor: E. R. Aston and W. G. Cubberly

EDGAR R ASTON

Private, Company L, 8th US Cavalry

Born: Clermont County, Ohio
Died: 14 April 1932, Ohio

Citation: With 2 other men he volunteered to search for a wagon passage out of a 4,000-foot valley [at San Carlos, Arizona, on 30 May 1868] wherein an infantry column was immobile. This small group passed 6 miles among hostile Apache terrain finding the sought passage. On their return trip down the canyon they were attacked by Apaches who were successfully held at bay.




WILLIAM G CUBBERLY

Private, Company L, 8th US Cavalry

Born: Butler County, Ohio
Died: 27 July 1919, Indiana

Citation: With 2 other men he volunteered to search for a wagon passage out of a 4,000-foot valley [at San Carlos, Arizona, on 30 May 1868] wherein an infantry column was immobile. This small group passed 6 miles among hostile Apache terrain finding the sought passage. On their return trip down the canyon they were attacked by Apache who were successfully held at bay.