Myles Moylan
| Myles Moylan | |
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Myles Moylan
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| Born | December 17, 1838 Amesbury, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | December 11, 1909 San Diego, California, United States |
| Buried at | Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, California, United States |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1857–1893 |
| Rank |
 Major
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| Commands held | Company A, 7th Cavalry Regiment |
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| Awards |
 Medal of Honor
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Myles Moylan (17 December, 1838 – 11 December, 1909) was a United States Army officer who fought at the Battle of the Little Bighorn and received the Medal of Honor. His award came for gallantry during the American Indian Wars.
Myles Moylan was born on December 17, 1838, in Amesbury, Massachusetts, United States to Thomas Moylan and Margaret Riley Moylan. He worked as a shoemaker until his enlisted as a private into the U.S. Army on June 8, 1857, and was assigned to the 2nd U.S. Dragoons. He was promoted to corporal on October 1, 1858, to sergeant in October 1860, then to first sergeant on May 17, 1861.
Moylan's first battle, the Battle of Wilson's Creek Missouri, was fought on August 10, 1861. Moylan also participated in the Battle of Fort Henry, Tennessee, on February 6, 1862, and in the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee, on February 11–16, 1862. Then the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6–7, 1862, and the Siege of Corinth, Mississippi, from April 29-May 30, 1862. On March 28, 1863, Moylan was promoted to the rank of second lieutenant in the 5th United States Cavalry. In this organization he fought in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1–3, 1863. The lieutenant was then dismissed from service on October 25, 1863, for being in absent in Washington, D.C. without leave. He then enlisted under the assumed name of Charles Thomas into the 4th Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry Regiment on December 2, 1863. Moylan was appointed a sergeant in that regiment on December 26, 1863, a first lieutenant, then a captain on December 1, 1864. He was then brevetted to the rank of major on April 9, 1865, and mustered out in November, 1865.
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