Preservation Thursday: Windolph Experiences with US 7th Calvary
Date and Time
Thursday Jan 13, 2022
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM MST
Website
Contact Information
605-722-4800
Description
Don't miss South Dakota Humanities Council’s Speakers Bureau Scholar Brad Tenant at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 13 at 12:00 p.m. at the Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center (HARCC). Free to members and $5 for non-members.
Nineteen-year-old Charles Windolph immigrated to the United States in 1871 from the Lower Saxony region of northwestern Germany and enlisted in the 2nd US Infantry that same year. The following year, he began an eleven-year enlistment with the 7th US Cavalry, which included the 1873 Yellowstone Expedition, Custer’s 1874 Black Hills Expedition, and the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn. Windolph‘s actions at the Little Bighorn resulted in his being awarded the Medal of Honor and eventually the Purple Heart. His military unit also assisted with the removal of miners trespassing in the Black Hills as well as going to New Orleans to subdue the increasingly violent activities of the Ku Klux Klan. Windolph is interred at the Black Hills National Cemetery. The presentation is part of Tennant’s On This Day In South Dakota History series.