First Sergeant Rudolph Stauffer was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in 1872 at Camp Hualpai, Arizona Territory during the Indian Campaigns. At the time he was serving with Company K, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Stauffer was about 36 years old.
The medal was presented on July 30, 1875, 3 years after the action.
Stauffer was born on November 27, 1836 in Berne, Switzerland — one of 6 recipients born in Switzerland. His Medal of Honor is credited to Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Stauffer died on June 9, 1918 in Washington, District of Columbia, at the age of 81. He is buried at Soldier's Home National Cemetery in Washington, District of Columbia.
Stauffer is one of 426 Medal of Honor recipients from the Indian Campaigns and one of 256 credited to Ohio.
Official Medal of Honor citation
Gallantry on scouts after Indians.
Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.
Battles and campaigns
Also served in: American Indian Wars, Apache Wars.
Places
Timeline
- November 27, 1836Born in Berne, Switzerland
- 1872Act of valor — Camp Hualpai, Arizona TerritoryAge about 36. Company K, 5th U.S. Cavalry
- July 30, 1875Medal of Honor presented
- June 9, 1918Died in Washington, District of ColumbiaAge 81.
- Resting placeSoldier's Home National CemeteryWashington, District of Columbia
Biography
First Sergeant Rudolph Stauffer (November 27, 1836 – June 9, 1918) was a Swiss-born American soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 5th U.S. Cavalry in the Apache Wars. He was one of twelve soldiers, along with ten Apache Scouts, awarded the Medal of Honor during Lieutenant Colonel George Crook's "winter campaign" of 1872–73, being cited for gallantry in battle against renegade Apaches near Camp Hualpai. Charles King, while serving with the 5th U.S. Cavalry in his youth, wrote of him in his memoirs as "grim old Stauffer, the first sergeant".
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