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.
Shortly after the Pine Ridge Campaign concluded in late January 1891, the Commanding General of the Division of the Missouri, Major General Nelson A. Miles, began compiling details for his annual report to Secretary of War Redfield Proctor. His report places … Continue reading →
As required by Army Regulations, the 7th Cavalry submitted its monthly return on the last day of December, two days after the battle on Wounded Knee Creek and the day after the battle on White Clay Creek near the Drexel … Continue reading →
Posted in Casualties, Official Reports
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Tagged 7th Cavalry, 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States), Cavalry, James Forsyth, Killed in Action, Pine Ridge Agency, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, White Clay Creek, Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee Creek, Wounded Knee Massacre
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The following article appeared in the 7 February 1891 issue of Harper’s Weekly less than two weeks after the 7th Cavalry Regiment had returned to Fort Riley. In his account, First Lieutenant John C. Gresham provides the first complete narrative … Continue reading →
Posted in Award Recipients, Officers
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Tagged 7th Cavalry, 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States), Cavalry, Forsyth, Fort Riley, Hotchkiss gun, John Gresham, Lakota, Miniconjou, Pine Ridge, Sioux, Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee Creek, Wounded Knee Massacre
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Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 