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Sergeant John Franklin Tritle, E Troop, 7th Cavalry – Conspicuous Bravery
Tritle received a slight wound in right hand, but continued in his efforts to dislodge the Indians until disabled by a severe wound in right shoulder. –Adjutant General’s Office Sergeant John F. Tritle, at thirty-four, had been a cavalry trooper … Continue reading
Second Lieutenant Sedgwick Rice, E Troop, 7th Cavalry
One of these mounted squaws was armed and fired on our line, and one of the men said then “There is a buck.” And I said “No, it is a squaw, don’t shoot on her,” and he said “Well, by … Continue reading
Posted in Award Recipients, Officers, Wounded Knee Investigation
Tagged 1890, 7th Cavalry, 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States), Battle of Wounded Knee, Big Foot, Cavalry, Cavalry Troop, Drexel Mission, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Riley, Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Agency, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Sioux, Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee Creek, Wounded Knee Massacre
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Christmas Eve, 1890
Christmas Eve of 1890 saw the nation still riveted by events unfolding in the Dakotas. Sitting Bull had been killed nine days earlier, Big Foot’s band had just eluded capture from Lieutenant Colonel Sumner and were presumed to be headed to … Continue reading
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 