Journals of Charles I. Eaton, 1864 June 7-1866 November 22.

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Journals of Charles I. Eaton, 1864 June 7-1866 November 22.

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Eaton describes life in the Army on the Colorado frontier during the Civil War. He describes his journey to New Hampshire and back on furlough, noting a flood on the Platte, burned buildings in Lawrence after Quantril's raid, "thrifty" Indian farmers, rumors of Indian troubles, the site of an ambush, and Fort Larned where he met two scapling survivors. He describes life at Fort Lyon, his work as a saddler supplemented by odd jobs including chopping and hauling wood, a visit by the "good Indian" Left Hand, Major Edward Wynkoop, and intemperance and gambling among soldiers. Accidentally injured November 19, 1864, Eaton was still an invalid on the 29th, the date of the Sand Creek Massacre. He describes some of the events leading up to the massacre including the arrival ot the Third Colorado Regiment "bound on a grand Indian hunt," and gives a brief second-hand account of the massacre itself, regretting his inability to chase fleeing Indians after the event. After the massacre Eaton continues his wood chopping business and mentions continued attacks, an escort to Denver, celebrating the fall of Charleston and mourning death of Lincoln, scurvy, a 4th of July celebration, "fleeing" Copperheads, Fort Wardwell (Morgan) and commander Charles G. Otis, desertions and brawls, mustering out and work as civilian employee, a local murder, Major Lyman Kellogg, an inspection tour by Major General Pope, and his journey home. The backs of each volume contain memoranda of correspondence, orders, and cash paid and received.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Left Hand, Southern Arapaho chief, approximately 1820-1864?

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United States. Army. Colorado Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1862- 1865)

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Pope, John, 1822-1892

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Pope, son of Illinois politician and judge Nathaniel Pope, was a West Point graduate and had an army career. After the Union army loss at 2nd Manassas (Bull Run) in August 1862, Pope was sent to Minnesota to put down the Sioux Indian uprising. He retired from the army in 1886. From the description of Letters, June 1861. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 310760857 American army officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fo...

Wynkoop, Edward Wanshear, 1836-1891

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Major, 1st Cavalry, Colorado Volunteers. From the description of Letter, 1863. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122462065 From the guide to the Edward W. Wynkoop letter, 1863, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) E.W. Wynkoop was an easterner who came West to make his mark on history and succeeded. He held a series of offices in the West for the Federal Government and the territorial governments of Colorado and New Mexico. During the course of his life in the West, Wynk...

Eaton, Charles I. (Charles Irving), 1837-1920

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Saddler, Company K of First Colorado Cavalry; later worked in a Massachusetts watch factory. From the description of Journals of Charles I. Eaton, 1864 June 7-1866 November 22. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 186986580 ...

Kellogg, Lyman, fl. 1866.

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Otis, Charles G., fl. 1865.

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