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Claron Augustus Windus (January 10, 1850 – October 18, 1927) served in the United States Army during the American Civil War as a drummer boy, American Indian Wars as a bugler and the Spanish–American War as a captain. He received the Medal of Honor for bravery during a battle with the Kiowa Indians in 1870. ==Biography== Windus was born on January 10, 1850, in Janesville, Wisconsin.〔U.S. Army Center of Military History. (''Medal of Honor Recipients Indian Wars'' ). Retrieved December 23, 2011〕 He served as a drummer boy during the American Civil War.〔Glasrud, ed., Bruce A. (''Brothers to the Buffalo Soldiers: Perspectives on the African American Militia and Volunteers, 1865–1917'' ). Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-8262-1904-6. p. 192〕 Still under age, Windus lied about his age in order to join the 6th U.S. Cavalry Regiment.〔 He received the Medal of Honor for bravery while serving as a bugler during a battle with the Kiowa in northern Texas on July 12, 1870.〔 Windus was mustered out of the army in 1871 and became a deputy sheriff at Brackettville, Texas.〔 In 1877, Windus shot and killed a fellow Medal of Honor recipient Adam Paine,〔 a Black Seminole, whom Windus was attempting to arrest as a murder suspect.〔〔Glasrud spells the subject's name as "Payne."〕 During the following 20 years, Windus was a customs inspector and deputy United States marshal.〔 In 1898, Windus became a volunteer commissioned officer and served as a captain in Company I of the 9th U.S. Infantry Regiment during the Spanish–American War.〔 Claron A. Windus died at age 77 and was buried at the Masonic Cemetery in Brackettville, Texas. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Claron A. Windus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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