John Chivington oversaw an 1864 massacre in eastern ... Instead, he enjoyed peace and prosperity until his 1894 death in Denver, where he’s buried under a gray tombstone at Fairmount Cemetery.

He is now asking for the removal of a Chivington’s name from the memorial. Col. John Chivington’s name is still on the memorial, under a section that lists military leadership. Chivington was ...

In 1909, the Colorado Pioneer Association unveiled a Civil War memorial outside the Capitol ... commanded by Colonel John Chivington, attacked Chief Black Kettle's peaceful camp of Cheyenne ...

DENVER, Col., Oct. 13 -- Col. John M. Chivington, the hero of the famous Sand Creek massacre, is dead. For over nine months the old soldier had been an invalid. Col. Chivington was born in Warren ...