JFHQ — Centennial, CO
Object Name:
Display
Museum ID #:
2014.FIC.0348
Catalog Date:
01/05/2015
Collection:
JFHQ Collection
Description:
Display with a picture of and quote from Colonel John Slough, commander of the First Colorado Volunteers on their 13—day, 400—mile march from Denver to defeat invading Confederates from Texas at the Battle of La Glorieta Pass, NM in late winter of 1862: "We showed to the world that the energy that characterizes the citizens of Colorado Territory was invincible."
Event Associated with Item:
Civil War
Made:
United States
Place of Origin:
United States
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