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Edward Wanshaer "Ned" Wynkoop was born on June 19, 1836, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the youngest of eight children. His father was John Wanshaer Wynkoop (1794-1837) and his mother was Angelina Catharine Estill (1803-1877). He was the great-grandson of Continental Congress member, Judge Henry Wynkoop. He had five sons and three daughters ...
The 20th Pennsylvania Cavalry was a cavalry regiment of the Union Army which fought during the American Civil War.Also known as the 181st Pennsylvania Volunteers, [1] it was initially led by Colonel John E. Wynkoop, Lieutenant Colonel William Rotch Wister, and Major Samuel W. Comly.
Colonel George L. Shoup Colonel John M. Chivington (as District commander) Military unit The 3rd Colorado Cavalry Regiment was a Union Army unit formed in the mid-1860s when increased traffic on the United States emigrant trails and settler encroachment resulted in numerous attacks against them by the Cheyenne and Arapaho .
Col Andrew McReynolds 1st New York (Lincoln) Cavalry: Maj Timothy Quinn; 1st New York Veteran Cavalry: Ltc John S. Platner; 21st New York Cavalry: Col William B. Tibbits; 1st Maryland Cavalry, Potomac Home Brigade: Maj Robert S. Mooney; 2nd Brigade Col John Wynkoop 15th New York Cavalry: Cpt Oscar R. Colgrove
Colonel William B. Sipes - promoted to colonel July 26, 1863; resigned November 30, 1864; Colonel Charles Comly McCormick - promoted to colonel January 10, 1865; Lieutenant Colonel James J. Seibert - commanded at the battle of Chickamauga; Major John E. Wynkoop - commanded 1st Battalion at the battle of Perryville and regiment at the battle of ...
The Sand Creek massacre (also known as the Chivington massacre, the battle of Sand Creek or the massacre of Cheyenne Indians) was a massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the U.S. Army in the American Indian Wars that occurred on November 29, 1864, when a 675-man force of the Third Colorado Cavalry [5] under the command of U.S. Volunteers Colonel John Chivington attacked and destroyed a ...
Feb. 3—Police identified a man who shot himself after being fired upon by officers Thursday afternoon in Northwest Albuquerque. Gilbert Gallegos, an Albuquerque Police Department spokesman, said ...
Col John Kennett 1st Brigade Col Robert H.G. Minty 2nd Indiana, Company M: Cpt J.A.S. Mitchell; 3rd Kentucky: Col Eli H. Murray; 4th Michigan: Ltc William H. Dickinson; 7th Pennsylvania: Maj John E. Wynkoop; 2nd Brigade Col Lewis Zahm. 1st Ohio: Col Minor Millikin (k), Maj James Laughlin; 3rd Ohio: Ltc Douglas A. Murray