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Comrade Crank Praises Major Chivingston at Fort Union
The narrative recalls March 1862 when a regiment arrived at Fort Union and was assigned to Chivingston who took command after Col. Slaugh’s apparent resignation. Details cover vaccination, cartridge disposal, northern theater maneuvers near Santa Fe and Glorietta, and a night march confronting enemy forces along the Pecos river and Apache canyon.
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Fort Union
United States
Europe
Union
Denver
Pike's Peak
Slaugh
Chivingston
Col. Slaugh
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Pecos
Glorietta
Pigeon
Col
J. M. Chivingston
Sibley
Blue Jacket
Brown
David
Sibly
Pigeon’s Ranch
Apache Canon