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Silas S. Soule papers, 1861-1865.

Archival/Mixed Materials

1861

Title:	Silas S. Soule papers, 1861-1865.
Author:	Soule, Silas S., 1844-1865.
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, 1 microfilm reel Organized in 2 series: 1. Records, [1861-1865], 1863-1865 (Box1). 2. Oversize 1863-1865 (OVFolio1, OVFF1).
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:	Collection contains 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. Collection also available on microfilm (C MSS Mflm172).
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:	Collection includes microfilm Mflm 172. Microfilm reel also contains: John Milton Chivington papers (-M1594; Mflm173, RL1). In part, photocopies of letters in possession of family. Contact Special Collections and Archives Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colo.
Source:	Photocopies of twelve letters were gift of the family; 1962. Additional material purchased; 1967.

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