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John M. Chivington
Born(1821-01-27)January 27, 1821
Lebanon, Ohio, U.S.
DiedOctober 4, 1894(1894-10-04) (aged 73)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Place of burial
Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado
AllegianceUnited States of America
Service/branchUnited States Army
Union Army
Years of service1861–1864
Rank Colonel
Commands held1st Colorado Infantry Regiment
1st Colorado Cavalry Regiment
3rd Colorado Cavalry Regiment
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
  • Battle of Glorieta Pass

Indian Wars

  • Sand Creek massacre
Other workMethodist preacher

John Milton Chivington (January 27, 1821 – October 4, 1894) was a Methodist pastor, and Mason who served as a colonel in the United States Volunteers during the New Mexico Campaign of the American Civil War. He led a rear action against a Confederate supply train in the Battle of Glorieta Pass, and was then appointed a colonel of cavalry during the Colorado War.

Colonel Chivington gained infamy[1] for leading the 700-man force of Colorado Territory volunteers responsible for one of the most heinous atrocities in American military history: the November 1864 Sand Creek massacre. An estimated 70 to 600 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho – about two-thirds of whom were women, children, and infants – were murdered and mutilated by Col. Chivington and the volunteer troops under his command. Chivington and his men also took scalps and many other human body parts as trophies, including unborn fetuses, as well as male and female genitalia.[2] The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War conducted an investigation of the massacre, but while they condemned Chivington and his soldiers in the strongest possible terms, no court-martial proceedings were brought against him or them. The only punishment Col. Chivington suffered was public exposure and the end of his political aspirations.

Three years prior to Sand Creek, on August 2, 1861, he became the first Grand Master of Masons of Colorado.[3] Several Freemasons, some of whom were present at the Sand Creek Massacre, objected to Chivington's actions and publicly denounced them, while others supported him.

  1. ^ Cummins, Joseph (2009-12-01). The World's Bloodiest History: Massacre, Genocide, and The Scars They Left on Civilization. Fair Winds. p. 99. ISBN 9781592334025. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  2. ^ United States Congress Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, 1865 (testimonies and report)
  3. ^ "Colorado Freemasons Website". Archived from the original on 2018-02-24. Retrieved 2016-09-05.

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