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B Troop, 7th Cavalry Regiment, Muster Roll


Muster Roll of Captain Charles A. Varnum’s Troop B of the Seventh Regiment of Cavalry, Army of the United States, (Colonel James W. Forsyth,) from the 31st day of October, 1890 to the 31st day of December, 1890. [Names in bold are believed … Continue reading

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Sergeant Haselwood and Mount


Sergeant Alvin H. Haselwood, A Troop, 7th Cavalry, with his mount, likely at Fort Riley, Kansas, circa 1890. Haselwood died of pneumonia in the Fort Riley Post Hospital while recovering from wounds he received in battle at Wounded Knee. The … Continue reading

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Sergeant Alvin H. Haselwood, A Troop, 7th Cavalry – Last to Die of Wounds


Captain Myles Moylan’s Troop A suffered five soldiers killed in action and six wounded in action at Wounded Knee, one of whom died of wounds the following day at Pine Ridge.  The dead included Sergeant Arthur C. Dyer shot in … Continue reading

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