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Patrick Edward Connor (March 17, 1820 – December 17, 1891) was an Irish American soldier who served as a Union general during the American Civil War. He is most notorious for his massacres against Native Americans during the Indian Wars in the American Old West.
Patrick Edward Connor (17 de marzo de 1820-17 de diciembre de 1891) fue un general de la Unión durante la guerra civil estadounidense, conocido por sus campañas contra los nativos durante las Guerras Indias en el Viejo Oeste.
El coronel Patrick Edward Connor, al mando de un destacamento de Voluntarios de California, fue enviado para poner fin a los ataques Shoshón. El 29 de enero de 1863, las tropas del ejército de los Estados Unidos atacaron el campamento Shoshón en el Río Bear. El ataque fue sorpresivo y brutal.
Colonel Patrick Edward Connor led a detachment of California Volunteers as part of the Bear River Expedition against Shoshone tribal chief Bear Hunter. Hundreds of Shoshone men, women, and children were killed near their lodges; the number of Shoshone victims reported by local settlers was higher than that reported by soldiers.
On 29 January 1863 Colonel Patrick Edward Connor led a contingent of California militiamen against a Northwestern Shoshone village in present day Cache Valley, Idaho. Connor and his men destroyed and burned the village, killing roughly 250 Indian men, women, and children over the space of four hours.
15 de sept. de 2023 · Patrick O’Connor, or P Edward Connor as he came to style himself, had already lived a life of war and California gold rush adventure before he rejoined the army at the head of men from the ...
Patrick Edward Connor (17 de marzo de 1820-17 de diciembre de 1891) fue un general de la Unión durante la Guerra Civil Estadounidense, conocido por sus campañas contra los nativos durante las Guerras Indias en el Viejo Oeste.
