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Signature. Samuel M. Whitside was a United States Cavalry officer who served from 1858 to 1902. He commanded at every level from company to department for 32 of his 43 years in service, including Army posts such a Camp Huachuca, Jefferson Barracks, and Fort Sam Houston, the Departments of Eastern Cuba and Santiago and Puerto Principe ...
After being called to the Pine Ridge Agency, Spotted Elk of the Miniconjou Lakota nation and 350 of his followers were making the slow trip to the agency on December 28, 1890, when they were met by a 7th Cavalry detachment under Major Samuel M. Whitside southwest of Porcupine Butte.
4 de sept. de 2013 · (Click to enlarge) Brigadier General Samuel M. Whitside, circa 1901, Commander, District of Eastern Cuba. Following the war with Spain, the Secretary of War established a board of senior officers to review the hundreds of recommendations for brevets and medals that commanders across the Army were submitting for actions in Cuba ...
28 de dic. de 2015 · Wounded Knee, la masacre navideña del Séptimo de Caballería. El 29 de diciembre de 1890, este regimiento acabó con la vida de 290 indios. La mayoría eran mujeres y niños desarmados. ABC.
On December 28 Major Samuel M. Whitside and a detachment of the 7th Cavalry caught up to the band and found Spotted Elk stricken with pneumonia – bleeding from the nose and mouth, he was barely able to speak.
This thesis will show that a century after his retirement from the Army, Brigadier General Samuel M. Whitside’s lifetime in uniform stands as a hallmark of selfless service to not only his descendants, but more importantly, to all military officers serving and yet to serve.
2 de mar. de 2024 · On the reorganization of the Regular Army in 1901, he was promoted to Brigadier General. He died on December 15, 1904 and was buried in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife, Caroline McGavok Whitside (1845-1936), and his son, Victor M. Whitside, Major, United States Army Infantry (1886-1919), are buried with him. Samuel ...
