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2 unusual facts about Battle of Glorieta Pass


Battle of Glorieta Pass

The 1966 Sergio Leone film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly refers obliquely to the battle, setting one scene during the post-battle retreat of Sibley's men.

The events at Johnson's Ranch are depicted in Elmer Kelton's 2009 novel, Many A River, with some changes to fit it to his plot.


Chivington, Colorado

Chivington was named for the Reverend/Colonel John Chivington, who was celebrated as the hero of the 1862 Battle of Glorieta Pass and commanded the Volunteer Militia of the Colorado Territory that perpetrated the Sand Creek massacre, a slaughter of Native Americans in a nearby gulch during the American Civil War.


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