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The Wounded of The Wounded Knee Battlefield, with Remarks on Wounds Produced by Large and Small Calibre Bullets
A year after the battle along the Wounded Knee Creek Captain Charles B. Ewing, Assistant Surgeon of the Department of the Platte, addressed the Association of Military Surgeons of the National Guard at St. Louis, Missouri, on April 19, 1892 … Continue reading
1891 Annual Report of Major General Miles – Part 4
Major General Nelson A. Miles concluded his annual report of 1891 by detailing the affairs at Wounded Knee and Drexel Mission, the effect those two incidents had on the overall campaign, and the eventual surrender of all the hostile Indians. … Continue reading
Excerpt from Field Return of Seventh Cavalry “In the Field,” Commanded by Colonel James W. Forsyth, for the Month of December, 1890
As required by Army Regulations, the 7th Cavalry submitted its monthly return on the last day of December, two days after the battle on Wounded Knee Creek and the day after the battle on White Clay Creek near the Drexel … Continue reading
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 