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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John canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Methodist minister ⓘ
Union Army officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance United States (Union) ⓘ
birthDate 1821-01-27 ⓘ
birthName John Milton Chivington ⓘ
linked to: John M. Chivington
birthPlace Lebanon, Ohio, United States ⓘ
linked to: Lebanon, Ohio
burialPlace Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado, United States ⓘ
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 ⓘ
education Methodist religious training ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Chivington ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War
knownFor Commanding U.S. forces at the Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryBranch Union Army ⓘ
militaryRank colonel ⓘ
militaryUnit Colorado Volunteer Cavalry ⓘ
movement Methodist Episcopal Church ⓘ
notableWork Leadership of the Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
occupation clergyman ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participatedIn Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
partOf Union forces in the Trans-Mississippi Theater ⓘ
positionHeld commander of the District of Colorado (Union Army) ⓘ
religion Methodism ⓘ
religiousTitle Methodist minister ⓘ
residence Colorado Territory ⓘ
Denver, Colorado, United States ⓘ
subjectOf congressional investigations into Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ

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John M. Chivington → givenName → John ⓘ
subject linked to: John
John M. Chivington → givenName → John ⓘ
subject linked to: Chivington