Category Archives: Official Reports
Col. Forsyth’s Official Reports of Actions at Wounded Knee
…the bucks made a break, which at once resulted in terrific fire and a hot fight lasting about twenty minutes, followed by skirmish firing of about one hour. Colonel James William Forsyth, the fifty-six-year-old commander of the 7th Cavalry Regiment … Continue reading
Major Whitside’s Official Report of the Capture of Big Foot’s Band
Following the battles of Wounded Knee Creek on 29 December and White Clay Creek on 30 December, and the military funeral of thirty 7th Cavalry troopers on 31 December, Major Samuel M. Whitside finally had an opportunity to write his official … Continue reading
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 