Texas) on June 26, 1878, he remained in the army until his retirement in 1892, and afterwards served in Batteries E and A of the 1st U.S. Regular Artillery. Comfort died in Philadelphia on November 29, 1893, and interred at Mount Peace Cemetery. Comfort's life was later profiled by historian Merle Olmsted in the Winter 1968 issue of Military Collector & Historian. Medal of Honor citation Rank and organization: Corporal, Company A, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Staked Plains, Tex., November 5, 1874. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: October 13, 1875. Citation: Ran down and killed an Indian. See also List of Medal of Honor recipients References Further reading Neal, Charles M. Valor Across the Lone Star: The Congressional Medal of Honor in Frontier Texas. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 2003. External links 1844 births 1893 deaths Union Army soldiers American military personnel of the Indian Wars United States Army Medal of Honor recipients Military personnel from Philadelphia American Indian Wars recipients of the Medal of Honor Burials at Mount Peace Cemetery