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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: John Chivington, Edwin F. Harding, Robert C. Schenck, Robert Henri, Dan Patrick, Samuel Bigger, Nathan Kelley, William A. Newell, David Wallace, Kersey Graves, Larry Davis, Buz Lukens, Tom Raga, Frank Lickliter, George E. Gard, John Morgan Walden, Thomas Asbury Morris, Lewis D. Campbell, Dennis R. Heldman, John Evans, Charles W. Sanders, Carson Williams, Will Earhart, Shannon Stewart, Benjamin Butterworth, William Henry Venable, Joseph Whitehill, Rocky Barton, John Quincy Smith, Darrell Hedric, Corwin M. Nixon, James F. Schenck, William McLean, Anthony F. Ittner, Elijah Martindale, James Laurence Laughlin, Aaron Harlan, Andrew McBurney, Joshua Collett, Thomas E. Scroggy, William Butterworth, Seth W. Brown, Wilbur P. Thirkield, Winfield S. Kerr, Peter W. Strader, Ralph P. Lowe, Jeremiah M. Wilson, William H. P. Denny, Franklin Corwin, Monroe Henry Kulp, Wilson Edgar Terry, William C. McClintock. Excerpt: John Milton Chivington (January 27, 1821 - October 4, 1894) was a 19th century United States Army officer noted for his role in the New Mexico Campaign of the American Civil War and in the Colorado War. He was celebrated as the hero of the 1862 Battle of Glorieta Pass against a Confederate supply train. Later he became infamous for his role in leading the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre of about 150 peacefully encamped Cheyenne and Arapaho, mostly women and children. He was also the first Grand Master of Masons of Colorado. Freemasons Chivington was born in Lebanon, Ohio, the son of Isaac 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 become 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...
