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Captain Myles Moylan, Commander of A Troop, 7th Cavalry
…when the Indians opened fire it was regardless of the consequences to their women and children and to the inevitable destruction of them. Such Was the testimony on January 7, 1891, of the grizzled fifty-two-year-old commander of A Troop, 7th … Continue reading
Private George Hobday, A Troop, 7th Cavalry – the Gallant Cook from Kent, England
..displayed conspicuous and gallant conduct in battle, when voluntarily leaving his work as cook, his gallantry was noticed by several officers. On the morning of December 29, 1890, while troopers of 7th Cavalry’s 1st Battalion were manning their posts as … Continue reading
Private Dominick Franceschetti, G Troop, 7th Cavalry – Left for Dead
He had been scalped, his head crushed in, hands cut off and in other ways horribly mutilated. Private Dominick Franceschetti, who had been with the 7th Cavalry Regiment for a year, came through the Battle of Wounded Knee unscathed. He was not … Continue reading
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 