Author Archives: Sam Russell
Letter from Private Thomas McGuire, D Troop, 7th Cavalry
My Dear friend we had a pretty hard battle with Big foots band on the 29th Dec. We killed over 300 of them. Private Thomas McGuire was a twenty-four-year-old Irish immigrant in Captain Godfrey’s D Troop. He enlisted in New … Continue reading
Irish Immigrant Private Thomas Sullivan, E Troop, 7th Cavalry – Conspicuous Bravery
Throughout the engagement he was conspicuous by his bravery, and I took occasion, while still on the field, to refer to his excellent conduct. –Lieutenant H. G. Sickel Thirty-one year-old Private Thomas Sullivan had little more than a year in … Continue reading
Posted in Award Recipients, Enlisted
Tagged 7th Cavalry, 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States), Battle of Wounded Knee, Cavalry, Cavalry Troop, Lakota, Medal of Honor, Oglala Lakota, Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Agency, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Sioux, Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee Creek, Wounded Knee Massacre
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Second Lieutenant Sedgwick Rice, E Troop, 7th Cavalry
One of these mounted squaws was armed and fired on our line, and one of the men said then “There is a buck.” And I said “No, it is a squaw, don’t shoot on her,” and he said “Well, by … Continue reading
Posted in Award Recipients, Officers, Wounded Knee Investigation
Tagged 1890, 7th Cavalry, 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States), Battle of Wounded Knee, Big Foot, Cavalry, Cavalry Troop, Drexel Mission, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Riley, Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Agency, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Sioux, Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee Creek, Wounded Knee Massacre
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Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 