Edward W. Wynkoop collection, 1859-1987 (bulk, 1859-1891).

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Edward W. Wynkoop collection, 1859-1987 (bulk, 1859-1891).

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Summary: Collection consists of materials by and about Wynkoop. Includes a scrapbook of newspaper clippings collected by Wynkoop from 1859 to 1891, certificates and letters received by Wynkoop from 1861 to 1883, and a photocopy and typescript of Wynkoop's memoirs. Much of the materials in this collection relate to the Civil War in the West, the Sand Creek Massacre of Indians in Colorado, and John Chivington, a rival of Wynkoop who was also the leader of the American forces responsible for the Sand Creek Massacre.

.5 linear feet.

Museum of New Mexico Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7393148

Museum of New Mexico Library

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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...

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...