Category Archives: Wounded Knee Investigation
Map of Wounded Knee and Its Maker – Second Lieutenant Sydney Amos Cloman, 1st Infantry Regiment
As Major General Miles contemplated an investigation of Colonel Forsyth and the 7th Cavalry Regiment’s actions at Wounded Knee, he knew he needed a detailed map depicting the location of the troops, the Indian council and their village, and the … Continue reading
First Lieutenant William Wallace Robinson, Jr, Adjutant, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry
They turned like a flash of lightning almost, throwing off their blankets, all of them grasping their rifles, and fired a volley into the men to the direction of the battery. At forty-four years of age, First Lieutenant William W. … Continue reading
Second Lieutenant Tommy Tompkins, D Troop, 7th Cavalry
…if I had not been with my Regiment when it went into action I should have regretted it all my life. Captain Godfrey’s second lieutenant, Selah R. H. Tompkins, was a young twenty-six year-old that had been with D troop … Continue reading
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 