Joseph R. West
Union Army general, politician
Died when: 76 years 42 days (913 months)Star Sign: Virgo
Joseph Rodman West (September 19, 1822 – October 31, 1898) 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.
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.
He also allowed the decapitation and desecration of the body, something that was commonly done by the Amerindians themselves.
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