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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
E Troop, 7th Cavalry Regiment, Muster Roll
Muster Roll of Captain Charles S. Ilsley’s Troop E 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 bold are believed … Continue reading
Private Frank T. Reinecky, D Troop, 7th U.S. Cavalry – Killed in Action
My men killed three bucks and I had one man killed and one wounded. –Lieutenant Tommy Tompkins On the morning of 29 December 1890, Frank T. Reinecky, a private in Captain Godfrey’s D Troop, was mounted with his troop on the … Continue reading
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 