Category Archives: Wounded Knee Investigation

Captain Charles Albert Varnum, Commander, B Troop, 7th Cavalry – Most Distinguished Gallantry

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Sam Russell

I turned to Major Whitside saying “By God they have broken,” and the Indians faced my troop and the next thing we got a volley, and the shooting was lively. At forty-one, Captain Charles Varnum, was one of the youngest … Continue reading →

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Lieutenant William Jones Nicholson, Adjutant, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Sam Russell

…immediately the whole lot of bucks rose, threw off their blankets, faced about and delivered a volley directed towards K Troop and their own tepees, which were surrounded or occupied by women and children. On 29 December 1890 Lieutenant William … Continue reading →

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Captain Myles Moylan, Commander of A Troop, 7th Cavalry

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Sam Russell

…when the Indians opened fire it was regardless of the consequences to their women and children and to the inevitable destruction of them. Such Was the testimony on January 7, 1891, of the grizzled fifty-two-year-old commander of A Troop, 7th … Continue reading →

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