Emanuel Stance

Emanuel Stance

Infobox Military Person
name=Emanuel Stance
born=
died= death date|1887|12|25
placeofbirth=Carroll Parish, Louisiana
placeofdeath=
placeofburial= Fort McPherson National Cemetery Maxwell, Nebraska


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=United States of America
branch=United States Army
serviceyears=
rank=First Sergeant
commands=
unit=9th Cavalry Regiment
battles=Indian Wars
awards=Medal of Honor
laterwork=

Emanuel Stance (died December 25, 1887) was a 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.

At the time, Stance was serving as a Sergeant in Company F of the 9th Cavalry Regiment at Fort McKavett. On May 20, 1870, he was sent with a patrol to find the Apaches who had kidnapped Herman Lehmann and his younger brother, Willie, four days earlier. Stance and his men located the raiding party near Kickapoo Springs, about fourteen miles north of Fort McKavett, and opened fire. The Apaches abandoned their stolen horses and fled, enabling Willie Lehmann to escape during the chaos. For his bravery on this mission, Stance was cited for " [g] allantry on scout after Indians" and became the first African-American regular to receive the Medal of Honor a month later, on June 28, 1870.

Stance reached the rank of First Sergeant before leaving the Army. He died in 1887 and was buried at Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Nebraska.

ee also

*List of Medal of Honor recipients
*List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Indian Wars
*List of African American Medal of Honor recipients

References

*findagrave|6404212 Retrieved on 2007-01-15

*cite web
publisher = U.S. 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

Persondata
NAME= Stance, Emanuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
DATE OF BIRTH=
PLACE OF BIRTH= Carroll Parish, Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH= December 25, 1887
PLACE OF DEATH=


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