Category Archives: Casualties
Corporal Horace Ross Forrest, B Troop, 7th Cavalry – Killed in Action
Harry R. Forrest was a twenty-four-year-old corporal in Captain Varnum’s B Troop at Wounded Knee with two and a half years of experience in the Army and that unit. As with the other six soldiers in B Troop that were killed … Continue reading
Private John Costello, B Troop, 7th Cavalry – Killed in Action
I will explain to Mr. Roosevelt how my brother died fighting for his Country and how his country has repaid his poor widowed mother for the sacrifice. –Gertrude, sister of Private Costello While most of the casualties in Captain Varnum’s B … Continue reading
Private Ralph L. Cook, B Troop, 7th Cavalry – Killed in Action
One of the four Privates in Captain Varnum’s B Troop that was killed at Wounded Knee was Ralph Cook, a twenty-three-year-old teamster from Chicago. Cook had been with B Troop for over two years. As with most of the casualties in … Continue reading
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 