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Title:
Papers, 1861-1865.
Author:
Soule, Silas S., 1844-1865.
Format:
Archival/Mixed Materials
Call Number:
C MSS WH1690
Web Site:
Finding aid in repository and online.
Description:
1 box (.25 linear ft.), 1 oversize folio, 1 oversize folder.
Organized in 2 series: 1. Records [1861-1865], 1863-1865. -- 2. Oversize 1863-1865.
Bio/Organization Note:
Captain with 1st Colorado Cavalry during Civil War. Opposed views of Col. J.M. Chivington at Sand Creek 1864 and testified at subsequent military investigation. Killed on the streets of Denver 1865.
Summary:
Correspondence and military papers, mainly while he was stationed at Fort Lyon, Colo. Territory. Also a biographical sketch by Alma M. Brown: Silas Soule, a hero history forgot.
Subjects:
Soule, Silas S., 1844-1865 -- Archives.
Chivington, John M. (John Milton), 1821-1894.
United States. Army. Colorado Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1862-1865)
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864.
Fort Lyon (Colo.)
Genre:
Letters (correspondence)
Other Author:
Brown, Alma M. Silas Soule, a hero history forgot.
Notes:
In part, photocopies of letters in possession of family.
Contact Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado.
Captain with 1st Colorado Cavalry during Civil War. Opposed views of Col. J.M. Chivington at Sand Creek 1864 and testified at subsequent military investigation. Killed on the streets of Denver 1865.
Donor:
Photocopies of twelve letters were gift of the family; 1962.
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