Category Archives: Officers

Officers that served at the battles of Wounded Knee or White Clay

Captain Joseph Henry Hurst and Lieutenant Harry Clay Hale, 12th Infantry – Courage, Fortitude, Good Judgment, and Tact

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Sam Russell

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 →

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Captain Edmond Gustave Fechét, 8th Cavalry – Capture and Death of Sitting Bull

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Sam Russell

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 →

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Colonel Eugene A. Carr, 6th Cavalry, Commander’s Report of the Campaign

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Sam Russell

I found the Indians retiring, though still firing, and pursued them for some distance towards their camp, when as night was falling and they were fully repulsed and the policy was not to bring on an engagement, I returned. Colonel … Continue reading →

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