1st Colorado Cavalry Regiment

The 1st Colorado Cavalry was formed in November 1862 by Territorial Governor John Evans, composed mostly of members of the 1st Colorado Infantry and of C and D Companies of the 2nd Colorado Infantry.[1] It was formed both to protect Colorado against incursions from the Confederate forces and to fight the Native Americans who already inhabited the area.

1st Colorado Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
Flag of the United States, 1861-1863
ActiveNovember 1862 to November 1865
CountryUnited States
AllegianceUnion
BranchCavalry

Command of this unit was given Colonel John Chivington, who had distinguished himself at the Battle of Glorieta Pass in the New Mexico Territory early in 1862, against Confederate forces.

Sand Creek Massacre

In early 1864, the 1st Colorado Veteran Volunteers (aka the Veterans Battalion) appears to have initiated the Colorado War by attacking Cheyenne Indians at Fremont's Orchard. The resulting hostilities and Indian retaliations brought traffic on the wagon trails into Denver to a standstill.

Peace negotiations were in progress, and encampments of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians on Sand Creek had been assured by the US government that they would not be attacked.

Instead, in what is known as the Sand Creek Massacre, Chivington and his troops struck in November 1864, a dawn attack that massacred an estimated one-quarter of the Indian encampments, mostly old men, women, and children. Body parts were taken as souvenirs. The event was the basis of the slaughter of an Indian village in the movies Soldier Blue and Little Big Man. Initial reports of the battle were taken as a victory in the US, but as details came out, opinions changed. A subsequent Congressional investigation resulted in a scorching castigation of the event, Colonel John Chivington, and the 1st Colorado Cavalry.

Statue Controversy

In the night between June 24th and 25th, 2020, a group of Black Lives Matter protestors tore down a statue honoring Coloradan Civil War soldiers due to its connection with the 1st Colorado Cavalry and Sand Creek Massacre. The statue was designed by Captain Jack Howland, a member of the regiment and located in front of the Colorado State Capitol. A member of the group that tore down the statue was quoted as saying, "We figured what a better way to get rid of a statue that represents racism."

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See also

References
  1. Elswick MS. "Colorado Volunteers - 1861 - 1865" (PDF). Colorado State Archives. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
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