Connect the Dots

Organization

Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War

Committee of the U.S. Congress that investigated Sand Creek in 1865.

2 links, 2 backed by primary records

Play the story Explore connections

Connections 2

part of

authored

Timeline 2 dates
  1. 1865 Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War part of U.S. Congress
  2. 1865 Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War authored Massacre of Cheyenne Indians (report)
Proof 2 sources
  1. Timeline, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site, National Park Service. Primary record
    Congress orders an investigation into the attack at Sand Creek to be conducted by the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
  2. Massacre of Cheyenne Indians. 38th Congress, 2nd session, Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, U.S. Congress (scan at the Internet Archive), 1865. Primary record
    MASSACRE OF CHEYENNE INDIANS.
    he deliberately planned and executed a foul and dastardly massacre which would have disgraced the veriest savage among those who were the victims of his cruelty.
    Whatever may have been his motive, it is to be hoped that the authority of this government will never again be disgraced by acts such as he and those acting with him have been guilty of committing.
Page history 1 change
  1. Add 55 stories, each checked against its sourcesAlibek96e92fe6

Something wrong or missing? Tell us, with a source, or edit this page.