Chivington, John M. (John Milton), 1821-1894
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Chivington, John M. (John Milton), 1821-1894
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Chivington, John M. (John Milton), 1821-1894
Chivington, John Milton, 1821-1894
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Chivington, John Milton, 1821-1894
Chivington, John
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Chivington, John
Chivington, John M., 1821-1894
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Chivington, John M., 1821-1894
Chivington, John M. (Milton), 1821-1894.
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Chivington, John M. (Milton), 1821-1894.
Chivinton, John M. (John Milton), 1821-1894
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Chivinton, John M. (John Milton), 1821-1894
Chivington, John MJohn Milton, 1821-1894
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Chivington, John MJohn Milton, 1821-1894
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Frontier Methodist minister and army officer. Played a critical role in defeating confederate forces at the Civil War battle of Glorietta (1862). In November, 1864, led a regiment of the Colorado Volunteers to the Cheyenne's Sand Creek Reservation where troops killed between 100 and 200 Cheyenne (later known as the "The Sand Creek Massacre").
Deputy sheriff, formerly U.S. Army officer responsible for the Sand Creek Massacre (Colorado, 1864); of Denver, Colo.
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Indians of North America
Indians of North America
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Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864
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