Tag Archives: Forsyth
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
Assuredly it was a terrible, lamentable tragedy. But it seems to me that we should be a mature enough people to view it not in terms of the easy, conventional stereotypes of good guys and bad guys but in terms, … Continue reading
Major Garlington’s History of the Seventh Regiment of Cavalry
Major Ernest A. Garlington wrote a history of the Seventh Cavalry Regiment that was published in 1896 along with historical sketches of other regiments across the Army. Following is an extract from Garlington’s regimental history describing of the events surrounding … Continue reading
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 