John

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John M. Chivington was a Union Army officer and Methodist minister best known for leading the controversial Sand Creek Massacre during the American Civil War.

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instanceOf Methodist minister
Union Army officer
human
allegiance United States (Union) NERFINISHED
birthDate 1821-01-27
birthName John Milton Chivington NERFINISHED
birthPlace Lebanon, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED
burialPlace Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado, United States NERFINISHED
causeOfNotoriety ordering attack on Cheyenne and Arapaho encampment at Sand Creek
commanded Colorado volunteers at Sand Creek
conflict American Civil War
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1894-10-04
deathPlace Denver, Colorado, United States NERFINISHED
education Methodist religious training
ethnicGroup European American
familyName Chivington NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName John NERFINISHED
hasNotableEvent ordination as a Methodist minister
resignation from the army following Sand Creek investigations
hasReputation controversial figure in U.S. military history
perpetrator of atrocities against Native Americans at Sand Creek
heldRank colonel of volunteers
historicalPeriod American Civil War era NERFINISHED
knownFor Commanding U.S. forces at the Sand Creek Massacre
languageSpoken English
militaryBranch Union Army NERFINISHED
militaryRank colonel
militaryUnit Colorado Volunteer Cavalry NERFINISHED
movement Methodist Episcopal Church NERFINISHED
notableWork Leadership of the Sand Creek Massacre
occupation clergyman
soldier
participatedIn Sand Creek Massacre NERFINISHED
partOf Union forces in the Trans-Mississippi Theater
positionHeld commander of the District of Colorado (Union Army)
religion Methodism NERFINISHED
religiousTitle Methodist minister
residence Colorado Territory NERFINISHED
Denver, Colorado, United States NERFINISHED
subjectOf congressional investigations into Sand Creek Massacre

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