Show I II 1 14 A FIERY FIGHTER HOW LIEUTCOL DUTLER WON HIS MEDAL tie oimnamUil Mnj rAIno ts AII Hie tlmllle Tell r of Inner mid IU llrn In the J1 of Drulli Mire Than Ua T WAH AT Tilt beginning IT the clt II war that con I error authorlied fJi striking of two thousand medal of r hoOnrantom2al honor to be prevented > pre-vented to such olll noncomml cer 3 4i iloned ou leers and f s prltate no hull I molt dhtlngulnh themwlve by their I callantry In action nnd other olller like qualifier during the present ln ur rectlnn iJiter congress directed that ndllllonal medal be itrtick from these mm die to be prenented to poldler who had or who cony hereaftr most < lhillnitul h themielte In action Under Un-der hip enactment a number of officer and prltate In the force that hate been lent mmlnut the sat age of the weal hate been adorned with the mcOnbt and among theio LieutCol nlmond Duller U H A retired I ne cuple a cvniplcuoui place It wn for gallantry In Iho hardfought battle of Wolf mountain on Jan 8 1177 that Col then cat tain Duller WM awarded lie elan and garter The battle wan ono of a serle In the campaign conducted con-ducted by Urn Mile a agalnit the confederated con-federated Sioux and Che > enne under the daring leader Crony llorie AR > s the Illuftrnted American The thermometer ther-mometer on the day of the Until rcgl hint twentyeight degrees below fro and the mow lay two feet deep upon the ground The tide of battle wa turned In favor of den Mite force when Curt Duller let 1 n tlctorlou charge agalnit n force of Indian who were flunking the United Hlatc troop nn the left and rear Cap Duller had n hrH abet from under him but continued con-tinued to lead the charge on foot den Mlle In hlr oltlclnl report recommend rd lie retelling of the captain for lids pucn > pful charge ngnlnit puperl or number of hostile Indian ttrongly g A x Tf1 Fr1t fn a Z 1 ir IIIUTCOU IIUTLlm popted IJeut Duller wa born In Ire Jim March 19 1177 lie tv a appointed e coon 1 lleutimnt riflh Infnntrj at tho outbreak ct Iho war and detailed to accompany Ien Dalrd afterward In pprctor general In Inipcctlon of Kan PUP and Mlmurl troop In 1M ho vas concerned In remuiterliiB and con nolllallng Kama volunteer and was olllclnlly complimented by Ion Huntor i for Milling without rcort to force ullllcult and delicate matter affecting affect-ing Kanin troop He wa In New Mexico In 1M3 and In Texas In ISO Ho wn promoted ton captaincy 1861 and In IMS ho commanded nn expedition expedi-tion ngalnit the Navajos In which he Inflicted revere Ion upon them In September 1IU he received the formal currcnder of Manoellto Grande and pent two thouiand prlioncr to tin lettererifmm reservation In letter 1 from du headquarter head-quarter on Nov Id not 17 ISM Oen Carleton wrote To Capt Limon huller I owe many thank To Iho elll clency and itrnlghtforwnrd course ant the energy and good sense ot Capt II I owe n great deal of the luck I get credit for ai n command In June 1SCJ Cnpt Duller wal ordered or-dered In attendance m lieu Sherman In December with n mall Infantry force he exhumed the bodle of the killed In the ronjlho affair on th Arlckareo Iork underline fire of Ilio mnln body of Sioux and extricated his enroll force from n perllou million Ho volunteered for Iho expedition tug + dnnt the Pawnee under Gen Wood and commanded him expedition after fen Woods was dlinbled by Illness In 1S7I he serve through tho expedition expedi-tion ugalnit Iho Klovva and Comnn dun under hen Mile In the campaign cam-paign against Billing Dull he commanded com-manded the center nl Color Creek and In pubpeqtient pursuit Ho wni shot nt by loll while relieving nn oulpoit At tie close of the campaign of 1877 In which occurred the battle of Wolf mountain den Mllci wrote Capt Duller Dul-ler as follow In leaving the tegl mint bo assured you have the thank nnd KO < < 1 will of Its commanding olllcer for your hard pertlco In Ihe Hold not fortitude In action Nothing In Iii nlce however touched the captain rr deeply as a letter ilgne1 by every uillsled man In his company who wa In the notable charge thanking him for the gallant manner In which holed ho-led the charge on Iho till of January In which they had the honor of participating partici-pating and for the klndne ho had shown them In > o many different waji heretofore Capt Duller was promoted pro-moted major In 18S3 and was nulgneil to tarlou poll until tile retirement front active service In 191 when ho wai admitted to the bar of Montana He received thin title of lleutenantool onel In March H91 Col Duller is the author of an Issay on the Indian question honorably mentioned by the iKNird of award of the military service Institution for I860 After the fall of Humter he wrote n eerie of article In French for the Parlilan and Dru pel bolero presenting the Union lido of the question to Continental Europe r |