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First Sergeant Dora Sherman Coffey, B Troop, 7th Cavalry – Killed in Action
It was bitterly cold. The warriors’ blankets covered them completely, exposing only their eyes. My first sergeant and I, with a few men, started the search of the line. —Captain Charles A. Varnum Dora S. Coffey, the young twenty-four-year-old first … Continue reading
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Tagged 1890, 7th Cavalry, 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States), B Troop, Big Foot, Dora S. Coffey, First Sergeant, Fort Riley, Killed in Action, Lakota, Miniconjou, Oglala Lakota, Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Agency, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Sioux, Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee Creek, Wounded Knee Massacre
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Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 