John Ward was a Black Seminole who served as a United States Army Indian Scout and received America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States. Ward enlisted in the Army at Fort Duncan, Texas, and joined other Black Seminoles known as the "Seminole Negro Indian Scouts". On April 25 1875, he was serving as a Sergeant of the 24th Infantry Regiment by the Pecos River in Texas where, "[w]ith 3 other men, … Wikipedia
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