Silas Still Soule

In the spring of 1865, Captain Silas Stillman Soule, a 26-year-old male of Dutch descent, found his life in peril in Denver, Colorado. He had recently married Hersa Coberly on April 1st, but the joy of his new life was overshadowed by the danger that followed him. Soule, an officer in the 1st Colorado Cavalry, had taken a principled stand against his commanding officer, Colonel John M. Chivington, during the Sand Creek Massacre in November of the previous year. He had courageously ordered his me ...