Thaddeus Brown Glover

Thaddeus Brown Glover was a frontier cavalry sergeant whose leadership of small scouting parties against Sioux war parties in Montana earned him the Medal of Honor. His story spans two very different eras of United States Army service: the Indian Wars of the late nineteenth century and the mobilization of the Quartermaster Officers' Reserve Corps during the First World War.

Born in New York City on 2 January 1852, Glover entered the United States Army in March 1876 and served with Troop B, 2nd United States Cavalry. On 10 April 1879, at Mizpah Creek, Montana, and again on 10 February 1880, at Pumpkin Creek, Montana, he was in charge of small scouting parties confronting Sioux war parties. His official Medal of Honor citation records that he "fought, charged, surrounded, and captured war parties of Sioux Indians." For this extraordinary conduct, he received the Medal of Honor on 20 November 1897, years after the actions for which he was recognized.

Glover left his original Army service in March 1881. More than three decades later, he returned to active duty during the First World War. By this time, he had attained the rank of Major in the Quartermaster Corps. A July 1917 order listed him among the Quartermaster Officers' Reserve Corps officers assigned to active duty and directed him to report to Fort Keogh, Montana, to assist the depot quartermaster. His later service brought him back to the Army in a different capacity, from frontier cavalry to quartermaster support.

His military record includes the Medal of Honor, Indian Campaign Medal and World War I Victory Medal. Glover died in Buffalo, New York, on 18 December 1932, aged 80, and was buried at Willow Hill Cemetery in Southold, New York. His legacy is defined by two separate acts of frontier combat leadership and a return to military duty during another major American war.