J. Rodman West

American Union Army general and politician (1822-1898) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 76

Joseph Rodman West, also known as J. Rodman West, was a United States senator from Louisiana, a Union general in the United States Army during and after the American Civil War and the chief executive of the District of Columbia.

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As a commander of militia, he gave the order to torture and murder Apache chief Mangas Coloradas, who had come to meet with him under a flag of truce to discuss terms of peace.

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