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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
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
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 