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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
Lieutenant William Jones Nicholson, Adjutant, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry
…immediately the whole lot of bucks rose, threw off their blankets, faced about and delivered a volley directed towards K Troop and their own tepees, which were surrounded or occupied by women and children. On 29 December 1890 Lieutenant William … Continue reading
Sergeant Arthur C. Dyer, A Troop, 7th Cavalry – Killed in Action
Killed by “Gunshot wound of chest, penetrating” during engagement with Big Foot Band, hostile Sioux Indians, at Wounded Knee Post Office, S. D. Dec. 29, ’90. Sergeant Dyer had been with the A Troop for over eight and a half … Continue reading
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 