Tag Archives: 1891
Reminiscences of Private Andrew Mitchell Flynn, A Troop Medic, 7th Cavalry
There were four or five Indians lying on the ground with their blankets on, supposedly dead. But suddenly a shot was fired and we saw a man drop. Andrew Mitchell Flynn was a twenty-five-year-old Scottish emigrant and a private in … Continue reading
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
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 