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The Mystery Man of Sand Creek: George Laird Shoup
Great Plains Quarterly Pub Date : 2019-01-01 , DOI: 10.1353/gpq.2019.0021
Joy Masoff

Abstract:The Sand Creek Massacre is one of the most investigated military engagements of the Civil War, and scholars have focused on two men, Colonel John M. Chivington and Colorado territorial governor John Evans. This essay argues that there is a third person who must bear responsibility for the carnage that led to the deaths of over 230 peace-seeking Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians. Colonel George Laird Shoup commanded the largest phalanx of soldiers that day—the men most to blame for the ensuing atrocities. This essay explores Shoup’s involvement and guilt but also examines how he escaped censure in the aftermath and ultimately amassed enough political power to afford himself a place of honor in the National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol. Recontextualizing Shoup’s life offers new conclusions about Sand Creek and brings into question the ways in which we memorialize the past.

中文翻译:

沙溪的神秘人:乔治·莱尔德·舒普

摘要:沙溪大屠杀是美国内战中调查最多的军事事件之一,学者们关注的焦点是约翰·M·奇文顿上校和科罗拉多州州长约翰·埃文斯这两个人。这篇文章认为,导致 230 多名寻求和平的夏安和阿拉帕霍印第安人死亡的大屠杀必须由第三人承担。乔治·莱尔德·舒普上校指挥了当天最大的士兵方阵——这些人对随后的暴行负有最大责任。这篇文章探讨了舒普的参与和内疚,但也研究了他如何在后果中逃脱谴责并最终积累了足够的政治权力,为自己在美国国会大厦的国家雕像大厅提供了一个荣誉的地方。
更新日期:2019-01-01
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