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Captain Charles Albert Varnum, Commander, B Troop, 7th Cavalry – Most Distinguished Gallantry
I turned to Major Whitside saying “By God they have broken,” and the Indians faced my troop and the next thing we got a volley, and the shooting was lively. At forty-one, Captain Charles Varnum, was one of the youngest … Continue reading
B Troop, 7th Cavalry Regiment, Muster Roll
Muster Roll of Captain Charles A. Varnum’s Troop B 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 Dominick Franceschetti, G Troop, 7th Cavalry – Left for Dead
He had been scalped, his head crushed in, hands cut off and in other ways horribly mutilated. Private Dominick Franceschetti, who had been with the 7th Cavalry Regiment for a year, came through the Battle of Wounded Knee unscathed. He was not … Continue reading
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 