Sgt. Charles Windolph - Sturgis, SD - Medal Of Honor Resting Places on Waymarking.com

Black Hills National Cemetery, South of Sturgis, South Dakota, Plot #A-239

Rank and Organization: Private, Company H, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place and Date: At Little Big Horn, Mont., 25-26 lune 1876. Entered Service At: Brooklyn, N.Y. Born: 9 December 1851, Germany. Date of Issue: 5 October 1878. Private, Company H, 7th U.S. Cavalry. Place and Date: At Little Big Horn, Mont., 25-26 lune 1876. Entered Service At: Brooklyn, N.Y. Born: 9 December 1851, Germany. Date of Issue: 5 October 1878.

Citation:

With 3 comrades, during the entire engagement, courageously held a position that secured water for the command.
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He participated in the Battle of the Little Big Horn and died in 1950 as the last white survivor of that battle.
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Armed Service: Army

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