John Milton Chivington (January 27, 1821 – October 4, 1894) was an American 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.
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27 January 1821 Lebanon, Ohio
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Died |
4 October 1892 (aged 71) Denver, Colorado
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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