There was no General Chivington. Colonel Chivington led the Union Militia at the Sand Creek Massacre in the Southwest.
Sand creek, Colorad
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John Chivington earned the nicknames The Fighting Preacher and Fighting Parson, on November 29, 1864, when he led more than 800 troops on an unprovoked attack of a peaceful Cheyenne village and massacred 150-200 Native Americans (nearly all women and children). Chivington was both an Army officer (who left the service in disgrace) and a Methodist lay minister.
He was responsible for the Sand Creek Massacre as the Colonel commanding the Colorado Volunteer Militia.
he led a massacre of 133 native americans, including women and children
He classified all Native Americans as savages.
Mrs Chivington.
Who is colonel Chivington and what event was he responsible for? ----
John Chivington was born on January 27, 1821.
John Chivington was born on January 27, 1821.
John Chivington was a tall, Anglo man that killed 300 cheyenne.
Yes. Colonel John Chivington led a militia group of the 3rd Colorado in 1864.
The cheyenne and arapaho indians, and colonel John chivington and his men.
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The Cheyenne Indians, assuming they were under the protection of the U.S. Government, returned to Colorado's Sand creek reserve for the winter. Colonel John Chivington and his troup's killed over 115 habitants mostly women and children on the order of General Curtis. Came right out of a "The Americans" History book.
what happpened was a man named john chivington took the Indians land and didn't care but the Indians had put up a flag for a war.
October 4th 1892