Tag Archives: Killed in Action
Prussian Butcher Private August Kellner, E Troop, 7th Cavalry – Killed in Action
Private August Kellner was a twenty-nine-year-old Prussian immigrant three months into his second five-year enlistment when he was shot in the head at Wounded Knee. He was one of two soldiers in Captain Ilsley’s E Troop to be killed that … Continue reading
Corporal Charles H. Newell, B Troop, 7th Cavalry – Died of Wounds
Following the initial melee at Wounded Knee surrounding the council circle, many of the soldiers of B and K troops, the two units that formed a V around the Lakota men, lay dead or dying. Correspondent Charles H. Cressey furiously wrote … Continue reading
D Troop, 7th Cavalry Regiment Muster Roll
Muster Roll of Captain Edward S. Godfrey’s Troop D of the Seventh Regiment of Cavalry, Army of the United States, (Colonel James W. Forsyth,) from the 31st day of October, 1890 to the 31st day of December, 1890. [Names in … Continue reading
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 