3rd Colorado Cavalry Regiment
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title:
3rd Colorado Cavalry Regiment
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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. The Hungate massacre and the display in Denver of mutilated victims raised political pressure for the government to protect its people. Governor John Evans sought and gained authorization from the War Department in Washington to found the Third. More a militia tha
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Military unit
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Colorado_Cavalry_Regiment
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2023-04-17T13:56:17Z
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