Who Is Kit Carson's Contribution To The Westward Expansion Of America?

Christopher "Kit" Carson was a famous American frontiersmen born in Madison County, Kentucky on December 24th, 1809, who made an important contribution to the expansion of The United States of America. Kit Carson became a legend due to his name associated with several key events in the Westward expansion. Exploration, Encounter, and Exchange, Christopher Carson experienced a lot of this during his life. In 1818 Kit Carson's father Lindsey Carson died due to an incident while clearing a field. Kit Carson's mother took care of him for many years, and Kit Carson became apprenticed to David Workman, a saddle maker. When Kit Carson was a young man working for the saddle maker, he longed for freedom and adventure. In the year 1826, against
During this job Carson saw the impact of the Western migration of white settlers on the Native American people, and he believed that attacks on whites by the Native Americans were committed in desperation. To prevent these peoples from becoming extinct, and Carson became an advocator for the creation of reservations. During the year 1861 the American Civil War had started. The outbreak of this war had caused Kit Carson to quit his job as an Indian Agent and he had joined the Union Army as a Lieutenant. Carson was in command of the 1st New Mexico Volunteer Infantry and he trained the men himself in the regiment. Carson's regiment engaged exclusively against the Native Americans and the regiment would later be led by Theodore Roosevelt6. Kit Carson's regiment went on a campaign against the Apaches once the Confederate forces were driven out of New Mexico. When the Mescarelo Apaches were tired of fighting Carson put them in a reservation on the Pecos River. Kit Carson attempted to resign from the Army in 1863 but General Carelton refused and sent Carson to lead a campaign against the