Tag Archives: Cavalry
Lieut. J. C. Gresham’s Account of Wounded Knee
The following article appeared in the 7 February 1891 issue of Harper’s Weekly less than two weeks after the 7th Cavalry Regiment had returned to Fort Riley. In his account, First Lieutenant John C. Gresham provides the first complete narrative … Continue reading
Col. Forsyth’s Official Reports of Actions at Wounded Knee
…the bucks made a break, which at once resulted in terrific fire and a hot fight lasting about twenty minutes, followed by skirmish firing of about one hour. Colonel James William Forsyth, the fifty-six-year-old commander of the 7th Cavalry Regiment … Continue reading
Sergeant Major Richard W. Corwine, 7th Cavalry Regiment, Killed in Action
When I die nobody will ever know more of me than now. On November 27, 1868, on the Washita River, the 7th Cavalry Regiment’s sergeant major, Walter P. Kennedy, was killed in action along with Major Joel H. Elliott and … Continue reading
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 