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Kit Carson
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American frontiersman and Union Army general (1809-1868)
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Kit Carson was an American explorer and military officer who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Born in Richmond on December 24, 1809, he was a citizen of the United States and spoke English. He died of natural causes due to an abdominal aortic aneurysm on May 23, 1868, at Fort Lyon. His remains are buried in New Mexico.
Carson is associated with several written works, including *Trailblazer*, *How to play soccer*, *New Mexico's Inscription Rock*, *An interview with Kit Carson*, and *Kit Carson's autobiography*. He has been described in sources such as *Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography* and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition.
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Key facts
- Born
- Christopher Houston Carson , ( 1809-12-24 ) December 24, 1809, Richmond, Kentucky , U.S.
- Died
- May 23, 1868 (1868-05-23) (aged 58), Fort Lyon , Colorado Territory , U.S.
- Resting place
- Kit Carson Cemetery, Taos, New Mexico
- Occupations
- Mountain man, frontiersman, guide, Indian agent, United States Army officer
- Known for
- Opening the American West to American pioneers Carson City, Nevada namesake
- Spouses
- Waanibe Making-Out-Road Josefa Jaramillo (1843–1868; her death)
- Allegiance
- United States, Union
- Branch
- United States Army , Union Army
- Service years
- 1846 - 1864
- Rank
- Brevet Brigadier General
- Commands
- 1st New Mexico Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
- Conflicts
- Mexican–American War Battle of San Pasqual American Indian Wars Battle of Ojo Caliente Canyon Battle of Canyon de Chelly First Battle of Adobe Walls American Civil War Battle of Valverde
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Carson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Richmond
- Place of death
- Fort Lyon
- Occupation
- military officer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- American Civil War
- Military branch
- Union Army
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- Kit Carson photograph restored.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kit Carson
- date of birth
- 1809-12-24
- date of death
- 1868-05-23
- cause of death
- abdominal aortic aneurysm
- place of burial
- New Mexico
- different from
- Kit Carson
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Kit Carson (né Christopher Houston Carson le 24 décembre 1809 dans le comté de Madison au Kentucky et mort le 23 mai 1868 à Fort Lyon dans le Colorado) est un général et un pionnier de la Conquête de l'Ouest américain. Orphelin de père à 7 ans, il travaille à la ferme familiale puis dans une sellerie, avant qu'attiré par les récits des trappeurs, il ne parte, à 16 ans, découvrir le continent. La connaissance qu'il acquiert de l'Ouest sauvage l'amène à servir de guide à l'explorateur John Charles Frémont. Il sert ensuite dans l'US Army, sur le théâtre des opérations en Californie, lors de la guerre américano-mexicaine, sous les ordres du général Kearny. Lors de la guerre de Sécession, il fait partie de l'Armée de l'Union dont il est nommé brigadier-général, en 1865, trois ans avant sa mort. Il mène une brutale campagne de pacification des Navajos du Nouveau-Mexique, se vantant d'avoir tout détruit dans les villages ; pas seulement tué les gens, mais encore anéanti « plus de deux millions de livres de grain indien ».
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