The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Rufus D. Hutchinson, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 25 June 1876, while serving with Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry, in action at Little Big Horn, Montana. Sergeant Hutchinson guarded and carried the wounded, brought water for the same, and posted and directed the men in his charge under galling fire from the enemy.