Silas Soule, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSilas Soule
American Union Army officer
Date of Birth: 26-Jul-1838
Place of Birth: Bath, Maine, United States
Date of Death: 23-Apr-1865
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Silas Soule
- Silas Stillman Soule (July 26, 1838 – April 23, 1865) was an American abolitionist, Kansas Territory Jayhawker, anti-slavery militant, and a friend of John Brown and Walt Whitman.
- Later, during the American Civil War, he joined the Colorado volunteers, rising to the rank of Captain in the Union Army.
- Silas Soule was in command of Company D, 1st Colorado Cavalry, which was present at Sand Creek on November 29, 1864, when he refused an order to join the Sand Creek massacre.
- During the subsequent inquiry, Soule testified against the massacre's commanding officer, John Chivington, and soon after, he was murdered in Denver.
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