serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards placeofburial_label battles birth_date placeofburial rank article_title name
c. 1868 & ndash ; 1870 united states army santa fe , new mexico , united states 13 september 1907 st. louis , missouri , united states united states of america 8th u.s. cavalry medal of honor place of burial indian wars apache wars 1847 santa fe national cemetery private edwin l. elwood
 edwin l. elwood
edwin l. elwood

edwin l. elwood -lrb- 1847 -- september 13 , 1907 -rrb- was an american soldier in the u.s. army who served with the 8th u.s. cavalry during the indian wars .
he took part in campaigns against cochise and the apache indians in the arizona territory in the late-1860s and was one of thirty-two men received the medal of honor for gallantry during the fighting in the chiricahua mountains , known as the `` campaign of the rocky mesa '' , on october 20 , 1869 .
