I remember studying the Sand Creek masacre as a teenager in the 50s. We went as a class and visited an expert, who I imagine, is dead now. His relating of the story wasn't nearly as sever as those going around now. I think it must be very difficult to judge men's actions of 140 years ago using todays standards. I had a great great uncle who was in Chivington's units and he mustered out a month before Sand Creek. On Tue, 6 May 2003 17:59:03 -0600 "pauli1028 SMITH" <pauli1028@msn.com> writes: > David, > > I took a Colorado History course at Front Range Community College > last fall and we studied the Sand Creek Massacre. Handed out in the > class was a copy of an article from one of the Denver newspapers > where two recently found letters written by two men who were members > of the 3rd were transcribed. There were photos of the original > letters too. These two men gave first hand accounts of the > atrocities committed there. I seem to remember one of the letters > was to Chivington's Commanding Officer or a General or someone in > Washington D.C. The comments about Chivington were not complimentary > in the least. I'll have to see if I still have the handout. > > Pauli > > > Hi, > I've been surfing the net and found a number of things about this > John Chivington who led the raid at Sand Creek. > > He was a Methodist Minister ; in fact the presiding elder of the > Rocky Mountain District. > > He and his troops preformed a daring manuever that won the Battle > of Glorietta Pass ; called the "Gettysburg of the West." (If the > Confederates had not been stopped they were set to over run > Colorado). > > Then 2 years later he leads a troop, many of whom were drunk, in a > slaughter of Indian women and children at Sand Creek. > > Below are some links I found. No one operates in a vacuum and it > is interesting to note the references to the feelings of the general > population. > > Here's a page with an interesting account of the Battle of > Glorietta Pass -http://www.cia-g.com/~rockets/dNMhist.gpass.htm . > Unfortunately it isn't sourced. > > Doesn't mention units but does talk about Chivington�s Colorado > Volunteers. And note the comments about "use" of the Indians by the > Confederacy and the Union. > > Here is a PBS site (I trust PBS) about the battle - > http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/places/states/newmexico/nm_glorietta.htm > . And the article about Chivington is very enlightening. > > And here is a Civil War Regiment site - > http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/uncotr.htm - that is taken > from "Source - "A Compendium of the War of theRebellion" by > Frederick H. Dyer (Part 3)". > > It lists 1st Regiment Infantry and 2nd Regiment Infantry as taking > part in the Battle of Glorietta Pass. Later they were reorganized as > 1st and 2nd Colorado Cavalry. > > David > > > ==== COBOULDE Mailing List ==== > Boulder County, Colorado COGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~coboulde/ > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > Fred Clarke fclarke@juno.com 10885 W 69th Ave Arvada CO 80004 303 424 2560 ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!