The Indian Campaign Medal was awarded for service in any of the following campaigns:
- Southern Oregon, Idaho, Northern California, and Nevada between 1865 and 1868.
- Against the Comanches and confederate tribes in Kansas, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, and Indian Territory between 1867 and 1875.
- Modoc War between 1872 and 1873.
- Against the Apaches in Arizona in 1873.
- Against Northern Cheyenne and Sioux between 1876 and 1877.
- Nez Perce War in 1877.
- Bannock War in 1878.
- Against the Northern Cheyenne between 1878 and 1879.
- Against the Sheep-Eaters, Paiutes, Bannocks between June and October 1879.
- Against the Utes in Colorado and Utah between September 1879 and November 1880.
- Against the Apaches in Arizona and New Mexico between 1885 and 1886.
- Against the Sioux in South Dakota between November 1890 and January 1891.
- Against hostile Indians in any other action in which United States troops were killed or wounded between 1865 and 1891.
