Tag Archives: Cavalry Troop
Private Frank T. Reinecky, D Troop, 7th U.S. Cavalry – Killed in Action
My men killed three bucks and I had one man killed and one wounded. –Lieutenant Tommy Tompkins On the morning of 29 December 1890, Frank T. Reinecky, a private in Captain Godfrey’s D Troop, was mounted with his troop on the … Continue reading
Private Jan De Vreede, C Troop, 7th Cavalry – Killed in Action
Private Jan DeVreede, a thirty-two-year-old Belgium immigrant, was the only soldier from Captain Henry Jackson’s C Troop that was killed at Wounded Knee. By December 1890 he had over four years experience with the unit and the regiment. Like many … Continue reading
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
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 