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Irish Immigrant Private Thomas Sullivan, E Troop, 7th Cavalry – Conspicuous Bravery


Throughout the engagement he was conspicuous by his bravery, and I took occasion, while still on the field, to refer to his excellent conduct. –Lieutenant H. G. Sickel Thirty-one year-old Private Thomas Sullivan had little more than a year in … Continue reading

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Second Lieutenant Sedgwick Rice, E Troop, 7th Cavalry


One of these mounted squaws was armed and fired on our line, and one of the men said then “There is a buck.” And I said “No, it is a squaw, don’t shoot on her,” and he said “Well, by … Continue reading

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Reminiscences of Private Andrew Mitchell Flynn, A Troop Medic, 7th Cavalry


There were four or five Indians lying on the ground with their blankets on, supposedly dead.  But suddenly a shot was fired and we saw a man drop. Andrew Mitchell Flynn was a twenty-five-year-old Scottish emigrant and a private in … Continue reading

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