Category Archives: Personal Letters
Private Walter R. Crickett, I Troop, 7th Cavalry—Campaign Letter
The man that stood next to me was shot down in the first discharge. I fired at the Indian at the same time but only struck him in the leg. He returned my fire and struck my revolver which knocked … Continue reading
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Tagged 7th Cavalry, 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States), Battle of Wounded Knee, Cavalry, Fort Riley, Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Agency, Pine Ridge Campaign, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Sioux, White Clay Creek, Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee Creek, Wounded Knee Massacre
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Private Harvey H. Thomas, I Troop 7th Cavalry—Wounded in Action
They fired two shots at me. One went through me, and the other struck on the top of my head and glanced off. At the beginning of December 1890, a troop’s worth of recruits were transferred from Jefferson Barracks, Missouri—where … Continue reading
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Campaign Letters of Sergeant Michael Conners, D Troop, 7th Cavalry
I cannot describe in language the battle but bullets sang home sweet home around our ears, but I always said that Indian bullets were not made to kill me. During the course of the Pine Ridge campaign, Sergeant Michael Conners … Continue reading
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Tagged 1890, 1891, 7th Cavalry, 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States), Battle of Wounded Knee, Cavalry, Cavalry Troop, Fort Riley, Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Agency, Pine Ridge Campaign, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Sioux, White Clay Creek, Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee Creek, Wounded Knee Massacre
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Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 