Rare CDV of BBG Christopher "Kit" Carson, 1st New Mexico Cavalry

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Typical wartime copy shot of the famous frontiersman and Indian fighter, published by Anthony. Christopher Houston Carson (1809-1868) enlisted in July 1861 as a Lieut. Colonel and commissioned into F&S of the 1st NM Infantry. The following year, he was transferred to the 1st NM Cav. (F&S), then after the war he transferred into the NM 1st Battn. Cavalry. He earned his BBG in the "omnibus" awards of March 1865. He was assigned as commander of Fort Garland, CO in 1865. He resigned in 1867 because of poor health, and died the following year. Carson is probably best known as being in charge of the campaign against the Navajo, which resulted in the "Long Walk" to Bosque Redondo, and took the lives of hundreds of Dineh.Carson grew up on land purchased from Daniel Boone, and was a "native" of the frontier. At the age of one, his family moved to Missouri. Upon the death of his father, he tried to help support this mother and siblings. He became an apprentice saddlemaker at 14, but longed for freedom. He broke his contract and headed out on the Santa Fe Trail at the age of 15, working his way south and west doing odd jobs for whoever was also on the trail.He became a "mountain man," trapping for Jim Bridger, the Hudson Bay Company, and others. When styles (and fortunes) changed, and the beaver were over-trapped, he started hunting. In 184 read more

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