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

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