The massacre was carried out by Colonel John M. Chivington and his army of Colorado volunteers. Chivington ordered the attack ...

That 1862 battle—later hailed as the “Gettysburg of the West”—ended the Rebel threat and made Chivington a colonel. But as Colorado troops deployed east, to more active campaigns ...

Artillery blasts marked the 151st anniversary of the Battle of Glorieta Pass, on March 26, 1862, when Colonel Major John Chivington led members of the First Colorado Infantry, fighting alongside ...