7th Cavalry Troopers in South Dakota

This website is dedicated to the 7th Cavalry troopers who are buried in South Dakota. From the tragic death of Abram Brant only hours before he was to receive his Medal of Honor to the murder of Elijah Strode, the lives of these 7th Cavalrymen is anything but boring. Together, their lives span from before the Civil War, through Wounded Knee and up to the 1950s. Even though their lives didn't grab the headlines like General Custer, their stories are worth exploring, even more so in my opinion.

Saturday, June 25, 2022

Trooper Pahl Photo

Thanks to Diane Merkel of the Little Bighorn History Alliance Blog for hooking me up with a photo of John Pahl. I made a post not all that long ago about Pahl's grandson, John Albert, who was killed in action during World War II. In that post I quoted Charles Windolph, a Medal of Honor winner from the Little Big Horn fight, stating this about John Pahl:

“There were many men that day deserving medals who never got them. There was Sergeant Pahl who got shot leading a charge on the north side of the hill. A braver man never lived."

--Charles Windolph

7th Cavalry trooper John Pahl is buried next to his wife, Anna, in Bear Butte Cemetery in Sturgis, South Dakota.