Sand Creek Battleground
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Sand Creek Battleground
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
The beginning of the American Civil War in 1861 led to the organization of military forces in Colorado Territory. In March 1862, the Coloradans defeated the Texas Confederate Army in the Battle of Glorieta Pass in New Mexico. Following the battle, the First Regiment of Colorado Volunteers returned to Colorado Territory and were mounted as a home guard under the command of Colonel John Chivington. Chivington and Colorado territorial governor John Evans adopted a hard line against Indians. Continuing escalation led to the Colorado War of 1864-1865. On November 29, 1864, troops under Chivington attacked a peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho camp at Sand Creek on the reserve established for them under the Treaty of Fort Wise.
The Sand Creek massacre resulted in the killing of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army in the American Indian Wars when a 675-man force of the Third Colorado Cavalry under the command of U.S. Volunteers Colonel John Chivington attacked and destroyed a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho people in southeastern Colorado Territory, killing and mutilating an estimated 70 to 500 Native Americans, about two-thirds of whom were women and children. The location has been designated the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site and is administered by the National Park Service.
(Note: This image was uploaded June 25, 2021. Exactly 145 years after the Custer’s massacre at the Little Bighorn battle in Montana. There, on that day, 263 soldiers including Lt. Col George A. Custer were killed fighting several thousand Lakota, Arapaho and Cheyenne warriors. The earlier Sand Creek massacre in Colorado played a major role in the Indians last armed efforts to preserve their way of life during that later time period…)
Some digital effects were applied to the original image after the photograph was made. No electrons were harmed during the transition. Your finished photograph will not contain the Fine Art America watermark.
Image copyright 2021 Jon Burch Photography.
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June 25th, 2021
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