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Sergeant Haselwood and Mount

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Sam Russell

Sergeant Alvin H. Haselwood, A Troop, 7th Cavalry, with his mount, likely at Fort Riley, Kansas, circa 1890. Haselwood died of pneumonia in the Fort Riley Post Hospital while recovering from wounds he received in battle at Wounded Knee. The … Continue reading →

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Sergeant Alvin H. Haselwood, A Troop, 7th Cavalry – Last to Die of Wounds

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Sam Russell

Captain Myles Moylan’s Troop A suffered five soldiers killed in action and six wounded in action at Wounded Knee, one of whom died of wounds the following day at Pine Ridge.  The dead included Sergeant Arthur C. Dyer shot in … Continue reading →

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Lieutenant William Jones Nicholson, Adjutant, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Sam Russell

…immediately the whole lot of bucks rose, threw off their blankets, faced about and delivered a volley directed towards K Troop and their own tepees, which were surrounded or occupied by women and children. On 29 December 1890 Lieutenant William … Continue reading →

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