Tag Archives: Sioux
Corporal Harry Wadsworth Capron, B Troop, 7th Cavalry – Extraordinary Gallantry
…rushing forward and saving the life of a wounded sergeant of his troop by disabling his assailant. Harry W. Capron had turned twenty-four just a few short weeks prior to the battle at Wounded Knee Creek where he served as … Continue reading
Lakota Casualties at Wounded Knee
The number of Lakota that were killed as a result of Wounded Knee has remained an unknown question that the Army, reporters, historians, and, perhaps most importantly, the survivors and their relatives have wrestled with since the day of the engagement. … Continue reading
Corporal Horace Ross Forrest, B Troop, 7th Cavalry – Killed in Action
Harry R. Forrest was a twenty-four-year-old corporal in Captain Varnum’s B Troop at Wounded Knee with two and a half years of experience in the Army and that unit. As with the other six soldiers in B Troop that were killed … Continue reading
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 