From Ken Burns' documentary, "The Civil War"
"...The period known as The Assassination period began when Andrew Johnson, inspecting the area as new military governor after the Union Army continued to march toward Chattanooga, was lynched... While very few Federal officials were murdered becasue of tigher security and more forces back East, the Confederacy found it easy to send men elsewhere... It is said that the lynching of Andrew Johnson was the catalyst for these events, with Governor John Evans of Colorado Territory being one of the highest ranking people killed by Confederte agents, in October of 1862..."
From User pedea, "David Hunter"
"When things had calmed down in Minnesota, Hunter hoped to be sent back to the fighting. However, while a regiment of free blacks, the 54th Massachusetts, was to be formed the following month, after the elections, to coincide with the date the emancipation Proclamation went into effect, before the elections the president remained wary of letting him go South, lest he try to form more regiments of freed slaves. Hence, he offered him a new challenge - as territorial governor of Colorado. He was already out West, after all, and the people needed reassured after Evans' death that the Indians wouldn't start to rise up....
"...It was also hoped, privately, that perhaps Hunter could convince some of the tribes to send troops to fight for the Union."
"...The period known as The Assassination period began when Andrew Johnson, inspecting the area as new military governor after the Union Army continued to march toward Chattanooga, was lynched... While very few Federal officials were murdered becasue of tigher security and more forces back East, the Confederacy found it easy to send men elsewhere... It is said that the lynching of Andrew Johnson was the catalyst for these events, with Governor John Evans of Colorado Territory being one of the highest ranking people killed by Confederte agents, in October of 1862..."
From User pedea, "David Hunter"
"When things had calmed down in Minnesota, Hunter hoped to be sent back to the fighting. However, while a regiment of free blacks, the 54th Massachusetts, was to be formed the following month, after the elections, to coincide with the date the emancipation Proclamation went into effect, before the elections the president remained wary of letting him go South, lest he try to form more regiments of freed slaves. Hence, he offered him a new challenge - as territorial governor of Colorado. He was already out West, after all, and the people needed reassured after Evans' death that the Indians wouldn't start to rise up....
"...It was also hoped, privately, that perhaps Hunter could convince some of the tribes to send troops to fight for the Union."