Category Archives: Officers
Second Lieutenant Thomas Quinton Donaldson, C Troop, 7th Cavarly
One of these bucks I took a rifle from; he was lying under a squaw’s blanket with her, and had evidently tried there to shield himself while firing ; both were dead. Lieutenant T. Q. Donaldson was one of the youngest … Continue reading
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Captain Henry Jackson, Commander, C Troop, 7th Cavalry
Immediately after the volley, from 100 to 150 Indians rode up on three sides and opened fire on us. We fell back about 400 yards to a good position and stood them off. At fifty-three years of age, Captain Henry … Continue reading
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Tagged 7th Cavalry, 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States), Big Foot, Cavalry, Drexel Mission, Fort Riley, ghost dance, Lakota, Miniconjou, Oglala Lakota, Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Agency, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Sioux, White Clay Creek, Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee Creek, Wounded Knee Massacre
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First Lieutenant John Chowning Gresham, B Troop, 7th Cavalry – Extraordinary Heroism
Send me more men; there is a whole raft of them; let’s get them out; I don’t know what they are. In December 1890, thirty-nine-year-old John Gresham was an experienced officer that had been with the 7th Cavalry for over … Continue reading
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Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 