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.
Tritle received a slight wound in right hand, but continued in his efforts to dislodge the Indians until disabled by a severe wound in right shoulder. –Adjutant General’s Office Sergeant John F. Tritle, at thirty-four, had been a cavalry trooper … Continue reading →
Posted in Award Recipients, Casualties, Enlisted
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Tagged 1890, 7th Cavalry, 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States), Battle of Wounded Knee, Cavalry, Certificate of Merit, Fort Riley, Lakota, Sioux, Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee Creek, Wounded Knee Massacre
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Little Wound’s face grew black. I could see the men tighten their Grasp upon their knives, and knew that my life was in the balance. Breaking from my general theme of this site, I have chosen to write about an … Continue reading →
Posted in Newspaper Articles, Reminiscences
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Tagged Battle of Wounded Knee, Big Foot, Emma Sickels, ghost dance, Lakota, Little Wound, Oglala Lakota, Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Agency, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Sioux, Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee Creek, Wounded Knee Massacre
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Occasionally, a historical photograph surfaces from an old trunk in an attic that piques the interest of historians and enthusiasts alike. Such was the case this month when a picture of ten non-commissioned officers of Troop G, 9th Cavalry, came … Continue reading →
Posted in Enlisted, Newspaper Articles, Reminiscences
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Tagged 9th Cavalry, Buffalo Soldiers, BuffaloSoldiers, Cavalry, Cavalry Troop, Drexel Mission, Fort Robinson, Guy V. Henry, Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Agency, Pine Ridge Campaign, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, White Clay Creek
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Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 