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Campaign Letters of Sergeant Michael Conners, D Troop, 7th Cavalry
I cannot describe in language the battle but bullets sang home sweet home around our ears, but I always said that Indian bullets were not made to kill me. During the course of the Pine Ridge campaign, Sergeant Michael Conners … Continue reading
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Tagged 1890, 1891, 7th Cavalry, 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States), Battle of Wounded Knee, Cavalry, Cavalry Troop, Fort Riley, Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Agency, Pine Ridge Campaign, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Sioux, White Clay Creek, Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee Creek, Wounded Knee Massacre
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Lieutenant James D. Mann’s “Incidents of the Wounded Knee Fight”
I thought, “The pity of it! What can they be thinking of?” I knew what must be the inevitable consequence to them with so many soldiers present. On 28 December 1890, First Lieutenant James D. Mann, K Troop 7th Cavalry, … Continue reading
Posted in Officers, Professional Journal
Tagged 1890, 1891, 7th Cavalry, 7th Cavalry Regiment (United States), Big Foot, Cavalry, Fort Riley, ghost dance, Lakota, Miniconjou, Oglala Lakota, Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Agency, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Sioux, Wounded Knee, Wounded Knee Creek, Wounded Knee Massacre
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Brigadier General John Rutter Brooke and His Forgotten Campaign Report
The gallantry of officers and soldiers in the action at Wounded Knee is worthy of the highest praise. Women and children were killed and wounded, but this could not be avoided under the circumstances. By the fall of 1890 Brigadier … Continue reading
Sam Russell
Army at Wounded Knee 