Inquiry-Chivington, J.M. -- Colonel, Colorado - 1st Cavalry

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Inquiry-Chivington, J.M. -- Colonel, Colorado - 1st Cavalry

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National Archives at Washington, D.C

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Chivington, John Milton, 1821-1894

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Chivington was born in Lebanon, Ohio on January 27, 1821, the son of Isaac and Jane Chivington, who had fought under General William Henry Harrison against members of Tecumseh's Confederacy at the Battle of the Thames. Drawn to Methodism, Chivington became a minister. Following ordination in 1844, his first appointment was to Payson Circuit in the Illinois Conference. On the journey from Ohio to Illinois, Chivington contracted smallpox. He served the Illinois conference for ten years. In 1853...