Tag Archives: Department of the Missouri
Lakota Casualties at Wounded Knee
The number of Lakota that were killed as a result of Wounded Knee has remained an unknown question that the Army, reporters, historians, and, perhaps most importantly, the survivors and their relatives have wrestled with since the day of the engagement. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1890, 7th Cavalry, 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States), Big Foot, Cavalry, Department of the Missouri, Department of the Platte, Forsyth, ghost dance, James Forsyth, Killed in Action, Lakota, Miniconjou, Oglala Lakota, Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Agency, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Samuel Whitside, Sioux, Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee Creek, Wounded Knee Massacre
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1891 Annual Report of Major General Miles – Part 1
Shortly after the Pine Ridge Campaign concluded in late January 1891, the Commanding General of the Division of the Missouri, Major General Nelson A. Miles, began compiling details for his annual report to Secretary of War Redfield Proctor. His report places … Continue reading
Posted in Official Reports
Tagged 1890, 1891, Cheyenne, Department of the Missouri, Indian treaties, Lakota, Nelson A. Miles, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Sioux
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Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 