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The Colorado Territory was formally created in 1861 shortly before the bombardment of Fort Sumter sparked the American Civil War.Although sentiments were somewhat divided in the early days of the war, Colorado was only marginally a pro-Union territory [1] (four statehood attempts were thwarted, largely by Confederate sympathizers in July 1862, February 1863, February 1864, and January 1866).
Tensions mounted when Colorado territorial governor John Evans in 1862 created a home guard of regiments of Colorado Volunteers returning from the Civil War and took a hard line against Indians accused of theft. On August 21, 1864, a band of 30 Indians attacked four members of the Colorado Cavalry as they were rounding up stray cattle.
The Territory fought for the Union during the American Civil War [14] despite many of its founders being natives of slave states or territories. [15] The Territory of Colorado joined the Union as the State of Colorado in 1876, the centennial year of the United States. [16]
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.
Colorado in the American Civil War The people, places, and events associated with Colorado Territory (1861−1876) during the American Civil War . The main article for this category is Colorado in the American Civil War .
In the night between June 24th and 25th, 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.
Benjamin Harrison Eaton (December 15, 1833 – October 29, 1904) was an American politician, entrepreneur and agriculturalist in the late 19th and early 20th century. Eaton was a founding officer of the Greeley Colony and was instrumental in the establishment of modern irrigation farming to Northern Colorado.
The Union Colony of Colorado (also known as Greeley, Colorado) was organized as a colony in late 1869 by Nathan Meeker and Horace Greeley as an irrigated farming settlement. [5] Nathan Meeker worked for The New York Tribune at the time as the paper's agricultural editor and posted an ad for the establishment of a new colony in the Territory of ...