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Kit Carson
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amerykański podróżnik i generał wojny secesyjnej
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, właśc. Christopher Houston Carson (ur. 24 grudnia 1809, zm. 23 maja 1868) – amerykański podróżnik, badacz Dzikiego Zachodu, generał i uczestnik wojny secesyjnej. Na jego cześć zostało nazwane miasto Carson City w stanie Nevada.
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