🇺🇸 Most Badass Americans You Don’t Know: #10 Billy Dixon Billy Dixon is an American Badass A legendary 1538-yard iron-sight shot with a .50 Sharps rifle in 1874 that routed an army of 700 Indian warriors! A death-defying charge in the open prairie surrounded by Indian warriors that earned him the Medal of Honor as a civilian! In the blazing summer of 1874, lone buffalo hunter Billy Dixon stood with just 28 men and one woman at tiny Adobe Walls, Texas, staring certain death in the face. For three straight days they repelled savage attack after savage attack from relentless Indian warriors. On the third day, Dixon calmly raised his Sharps rifle and fired one perfect 1538-yard iron-sight shot that dropped a warrior and shattered the entire attacking force of 700 in a single heartbeat. Months later at Buffalo Wallow, Dixon and five soldiers were surrounded on the open prairie by a massive Indian war party. Shot in the leg himself, he charged straight through a deadly hail of bullets to rescue and carry his badly wounded comrade to safety under intense enemy fire. That courage earned him the Medal of Honor as a civilian. Billy Dixon is an American Legend 🇺🇸
