About Sam Russell
I am a fifth-generation retired Army officer with three decades of commissioned service. I have been researching the frontier Army for over eighteen years and am interested in documenting the lives of the soldiers that participated in the battle of Wounded Knee using primarily official reports, diaries, letters, newspaper articles and other primary source documents.
My interest in Wounded Knee stems from my kinship to one of the principal participants. I am the great-great-grandson of Samuel M. Whitside, who was a major and battalion commander at the battle.
I welcome and encourage comments on posts and pages and am always interested in any new primary sources. If you have copies of letters, diaries, etc, from participants and are willing to share, please contact me.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this blog are strictly my own, and should in no way be construed as official Army or U.S. Government positons.
I fear to leave this vicinity in pursuit of Big Foot as he might turn north and commit depredations.–Maj. Gen. N. A. Miles This day 125 years ago… the hunt for Big Foot began in earnest as forces were directed … Continue reading →
Posted in Official Reports
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Tagged 1890, Battle of Wounded Knee, Big Foot, Cavalry, Department of the Platte, John R. Brooke, Nelson A. Miles, Oglala Lakota, Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Agency, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee Creek, Wounded Knee Massacre
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The statement of the services immediately performed by Capt. Hurst and Lieut. Hale carries with it so evident a suggestion of every meritorious conduct on their part that special remark thereof would seem superfluous. –Brigadier General Thomas H. Ruger Second … Continue reading →
Posted in Award Recipients, Officers, Official Reports
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Tagged 12th Infantry, Fort Bennett, Henry C. Hale, Hunkpapa, Joseph H. Hurst, Lakota, Pine Ridge Campaign, Sioux, Sioux Campaign, Sitting Bull, Standing Rock Agency, Standing Rock Indian Reservation
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The fearless action of Captain Fechet and his command entitles them to great credit and the celerity of his movements showed the true soldierly spirit. –Major General Nelson A. Miles 125 years ago today Captain Edmond Gustave Fechét rode to the … Continue reading →
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 