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The first colonel of the regiment was John P. Slough, replaced in April 1862 by Major John Chivington, later chastised for his role as commander of the 3rd Colorado Cavalry in the November 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. There is a group of reenactors who portray the First Colorado (Company D) in Denver. The unit celebrated 50 years in 2024.
Flag of the United States of America 1861-1863 An 1862 map of the Territory of Colorado. This is a list of military units from the U.S. Territory of Colorado engaged in the American Civil War . On April 12, 1861, South Carolina artillery opened fire on Fort Sumter to start the American Civil War .
In the night between June 24 and 25, 2020, a group of Black Lives Matter protestors tore down a statue depicting a Civil-War-era Colorado cavalryman located in front of the Colorado State Capitol. The statue was designed by Captain Jack Howland, a member of the 1st Colorado Cavalry regiment, and had been erected in July 1909.
On 3 March 1791, Congress added to the Army "The Second Regiment of Infantry" from which today's First Infantry draws its heritage. In September of that year, elements of it and the original 1st Infantry Regiment (today's 3rd United States Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard)), with sizable militia complements, all under the command of General Arthur St. Clair, were sent to the Northwest Indian ...
The regiment was originally constituted on 8 February 1879 in the Colorado National Guard as the 1st Infantry Battalion. [2] It was organized on 29 December 1881, with headquarters in Denver. It was expanded and redesignated on 22 March 1883 as the 1st Regiment, Infantry, and was reduced and redesignated on 2 April 1889 as the 1st Infantry ...
Shortly thereafter he began to issue colours of a new pattern to the infantry regiments of the Prussian Army. Under the new regulations, each regiment received two flags per battalion. The first battalion carried the King's Colour (leibfahne) and one Regimental Colour (regimentsfahne), while the second battalion carried two regimentsfahnen. The ...
The 1st United States Colored Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.The regiment was composed of African American enlisted men commanded by white officers and was authorized by the Bureau of Colored Troops which was created by the United States War Department on May 22, 1863.
Still living in Denver, Hale joined the state militia in May 1897 as lieutenant colonel in the 1st Infantry Regiment, Colorado National Guard. [5] In October 1897, he was promoted to colonel by Governor Alva Adams and given command of the regiment. [6] In December 1897, Hale was promoted to brigadier general in the National Guard. [7]