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Excerpt from Field Return of Seventh Cavalry “In the Field,” Commanded by Colonel James W. Forsyth, for the Month of December, 1890


As required by Army Regulations, the 7th Cavalry submitted its monthly return on the last day of December, two days after the battle on Wounded Knee Creek and the day after the battle on White Clay Creek near the Drexel … Continue reading

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Assistant Surgeon Captain Charles B. Ewing’s Report to Major General Miles


In June 1891, Captain Charles B. Ewing, Assistant Surgeon, Department of the Platte, at the request of Major General Nelson A. Miles, Commanding General, Division of Missouri, submitted the following report to the Adjutant General of the Division of Missouri, Chicago, … Continue reading

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