serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank article_title name
c. 1874 & ndash ; 1899 united states army cabana fortress , havana , cuba 12 september 1899 alexandria , virginia , united states united states of america 6th u.s. cavalry medal of honor place of burial indian wars spanish-american war september 1849 arlington national cemetery ordnance sergeant zachariah t. woodall
 zachariah t. woodall
zachariah t. woodall

zachariah t. woodall -lrb- september 1849 -- september 12 , 1899 -rrb- was a soldier in the u.s. army who served with the 6th u.s. cavalry during the red river war , and later in the spanish-american war .
he was one of six men who received the medal of honor who , while in command of an 8-man courier detail , engaged in a running battle with a hostile force of 125 indians at the washita river in texas on september 12 , 1874 .
