Colorado Prospector : historical highlights from early day newspapers, v. 24, n. 1, 1993 Jan.

United States. Volunteer Cavalry. 1st Regiment.

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Soule, Silas.

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Anthony, Scott J., 1830-1903.

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Tappan, Samuel F.

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Born in 1831 in Manchester, Massachusetts, Tappan went to Kansas in 1854 and joined the movement to make Kansas a free state. In 1860, after holding various state offices in Kansas, he moved to Colorado and commanded the First Colorado Cavalry Regiment. Tappan presided over the first investigation of the Sand Creek Massacre in which hundreds of surrendered and partially disarmed Cheyenne and Arapaho were killed in a surprise attack by troops under the command of Colonel John M. Chivington in 186...

Evans, John, 1814-1897

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John Evans (1814-1897), born in Ohio, studied medicine and settled in Indiana, but moved to Chicago in 1848 to accept the chair in obstetrics in Rush Memorial College. He was appointed governor of Colorado Territory and moved to Denver. From the description of Letter: to the Honorable Solomon Foot, United States Senate /by John Evans, Governor of Colorado Territory, 1865 Aug 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702127574 Second territorial governor of Colorado, 1862-1865; appo...

United States. Volunteer Cavalry. 3rd Regiment.

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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...

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...

Harding, Stephen Selwyn, 1808-1891

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Photographs and ambrotypes of Harding, Anastasia Harding Connelly, and Atilla Leonidas Harding. Views of his residence in Milan, Indiana are included. From the description of Papers, 1862-1901. [photographs]. (Utah Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122600577 ...