Silas Soule : [collection] : 1865 / manuscript.

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Silas Soule : [collection] : 1865 / manuscript.

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Collection consists of a single letter, dated April 20, 1865, from Soule to the United States Army's District Headquarters, disputing a claim made by Col. John M. Chivington that Soule had stolen a bundle of robes from the Cheyennes during the Sand Creek Massacre.

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Soule, Silas, 1844-1865.

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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...