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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Patrick_Edward_ConnorPatrick Edward Connor - Wikipedia

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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.

   • Years of service: 1839–1844; 1846–1847; 1861–1866

   • Other work: California State Ranger

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3. www.irishcentral.com › roots › historyP Edward Connor: Irish man who led the Bear River Massacre

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   Sep 15, 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...

   • Author: Jerry O'sullivan

4. www.militarymuseum.org › ConnerMajor General Patrick Edward Connor

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   Major General Patrick Edward Connor. by Captain Jim Balance. California Center for Military History, State Military Reserve. Patrick Edward Connor commanded the Stockton Blues of the California Militia at the outbreak of the Civil War.

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   Who was Colonel Patrick Edward Connor?

   • Colonel Patrick Edward Connor, upon hearing miner’s charges that Shoshones had stolen good and animals from them, had led his California Volunteers north from Fort Douglas in Utah Territory to Bear Hunter’s Shoshone village adjacent to the Bear River.

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   Who was Patrick Connor?

   • 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 .

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   Who was P Edward Connor?

   • A statue of P Edward Connor at the Fort Douglas Military Museum. Jerry O'Sullivan 160 years ago, 200 soldiers of the Union army marched out from their fort at Salt Lake City Utah, and engaged the Native American Shoshone tribe at its winter encampment at Bear River in what is present-day Idaho.

   P Edward Connor: Irish man who led the Bear River Massacre

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   What happened to Patrick Connor?

   • Disappointed Army officer Patrick Connor wanted to be back East fighting Rebels. Instead, he found himself in the bitter cold along icebound Bear Creek, near today's Utah-Idaho border, with a Shoshone village spread out below him. Patrick Edward Connor, a fiery, ambitious Irishman of 42, was unhappy.

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6. www.historynet.com › patrick-connor-and-the-battlePatrick Connor and the Battle of Bear River - HistoryNet

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   Jun 12, 2006 · Patrick Edward Connor, a fiery, ambitious Irishman of 42, was unhappy. He had served with a Texas regiment under the command of Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston in the Mexican War, but before the war ended he had resigned his commission and joined the gold hunters in California.

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bear_River_MassacreBear River Massacre - Wikipedia

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   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.

   • Date: January 29, 1863

   • Result: United States victory

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   Colonel Patrick Edward Connor, upon hearing miner’s charges that Shoshones had stolen good and animals from them, had led his California Volunteers north from Fort Douglas in Utah Territory to Bear Hunter’s Shoshone village adjacent to the Bear River.

9. www.wyohistory.org › encyclopedia › connors-powderConnor’s Powder River Expedition of 1865 | WyoHistory.org

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   Nov 8, 2014 · On Aug. 29, 1865, troops under Brig. Gen. Patrick E. Connor attacked an Arapaho village near present Ranchester, Wyo. Connor’s detachment was part of a large expedition ordered to subjugate the warring Cheyenne, Sioux and Arapaho in the Powder River Basin.