Tag Archives: 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States)
Assistant Surgeon Captain Charles B. Ewing’s Report to Major General Miles
In June 1891, Captain Charles B. Ewing, Assistant Surgeon, Department of the Platte, at the request of Major General Nelson A. Miles, Commanding General, Division of Missouri, submitted the following report to the Adjutant General of the Division of Missouri, Chicago, … Continue reading
Col. Forsyth’s Official Reports of Actions at Wounded Knee
…the bucks made a break, which at once resulted in terrific fire and a hot fight lasting about twenty minutes, followed by skirmish firing of about one hour. Colonel James William Forsyth, the fifty-six-year-old commander of the 7th Cavalry Regiment … Continue reading
Major Whitside’s Official Report of the Capture of Big Foot’s Band
Following the battles of Wounded Knee Creek on 29 December and White Clay Creek on 30 December, and the military funeral of thirty 7th Cavalry troopers on 31 December, Major Samuel M. Whitside finally had an opportunity to write his official … Continue reading
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 