Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. At age 13, he ran away from home to become a drummer boy for the Union Army in the Civil War. After the war, he remained in the Regular Army as an Officer's Orderly. During the Indian Wars, he served as a Private Bugler for Company L, 6th US Cavalry. On July 12, 1870, his company was attacked by a band of Kiowa Indians in what was to be known as the Battle of Little Wichita River, Arkansas. In the attack, he assisted in the clearing of enemy snipers from prominent elevations and helped the wounded. His command was almost lost when he and another trooper volunteered to go to Fort Richardson for help. Together, they eluded the Indians and brought relief to save the beleaguered command. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry on October 13, 1870. He also served as a Captain in the 9th US Volunteer Infantry, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War in 1898.
In 1877, as a Kinney County Deputy Sheriff, he shot and killed a fellow Medal of Honor recipient, Adam Paine, a Black Seminole, whom Windus was attempting to arrest as a murder suspect. This is the only known instance of one Medal of Honor recipient killing another. During the following 20 years, Windus was a customs inspector and deputy United States marshal.
In 1877, as a Kinney County Deputy Sheriff, he shot and killed a fellow Medal of Honor recipient, Adam Paine, a Black Seminole, whom Windus was attempting to arrest as a murder suspect. This is the only known instance of one Medal of Honor recipient killing another. During the following 20 years, Windus was a customs inspector and deputy United States marshal.
Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. At age 13, he ran away from home to become a drummer boy for the Union Army in the Civil War. After the war, he remained in the Regular Army as an Officer's Orderly. During the Indian Wars, he served as a Private Bugler for Company L, 6th US Cavalry. On July 12, 1870, his company was attacked by a band of Kiowa Indians in what was to be known as the Battle of Little Wichita River, Arkansas. In the attack, he assisted in the clearing of enemy snipers from prominent elevations and helped the wounded. His command was almost lost when he and another trooper volunteered to go to Fort Richardson for help. Together, they eluded the Indians and brought relief to save the beleaguered command. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry on October 13, 1870. He also served as a Captain in the 9th US Volunteer Infantry, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War in 1898.
In 1877, as a Kinney County Deputy Sheriff, he shot and killed a fellow Medal of Honor recipient, Adam Paine, a Black Seminole, whom Windus was attempting to arrest as a murder suspect. This is the only known instance of one Medal of Honor recipient killing another. During the following 20 years, Windus was a customs inspector and deputy United States marshal.
In 1877, as a Kinney County Deputy Sheriff, he shot and killed a fellow Medal of Honor recipient, Adam Paine, a Black Seminole, whom Windus was attempting to arrest as a murder suspect. This is the only known instance of one Medal of Honor recipient killing another. During the following 20 years, Windus was a customs inspector and deputy United States marshal.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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