Tag Archives: Medal of Honor
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
Sergeant Albert Walter McMillan, E Troop, 7th Cavalry – Conspicuous Gallantry
While engaged with Indians concealed in a ravine, Sergeant McMillan assisted the men on the skirmish line, directed their fire, encouraged them by example, and used every effort to dislodge the enemy. Sergeant Albert W. McMillan had been in the … Continue reading
First Lieutenant John Chowning Gresham, B Troop, 7th Cavalry – Extraordinary Heroism
Send me more men; there is a whole raft of them; let’s get them out; I don’t know what they are. In December 1890, thirty-nine-year-old John Gresham was an experienced officer that had been with the 7th Cavalry for over … Continue reading
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 