Tag Archives: Cavalry
Major Samuel Marmaduke Whitside, Commander of 7th Cavalry’s 1st Battalion
The mounted troops then pursued the renegades, who fought viciously and did severe execution in a most determined fight in which many were killed and wounded. Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles’s court of inquiry into Colonel James W. Forsyth’s … Continue reading
A Troop, 7th Cavalry Regiment Muster Roll
Muster Roll of Captain Myles Moylan’s Troop A 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 … Continue reading
Medal of Honor Recipient First Sergeant George Loyd, I Troop, 7th Cavalry
for courage, zeal , and attention to duty in action against hostile Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota, especially after having been severely wounded through the lung. Sergeant George Loyd was one of the most experienced non-commissioned officers … Continue reading
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 