Image Number441-20Dateca. 1914DescriptionColonel, 1st Infantry, Commanding Camp at Walsenburg. Research indicates that Colonel Edward Verdeckberg (15 July 1853-28 February 1936) was commander of a Colorado National Guard contingent in 1913 and 1914 sent to quell the striking miners in southern Colorado at which time this photograph was taken. Due to increased tensions following the Ludlow Massacre, he commanded troops against miners at the Battle at Walsenburg on 27 April 1914. Earlier in his military career after being promoted to major in the New York State Militia in 1888, he moved to Colorado about 1892 where he first appeared in the Denver City Directory as the secretary of the Denver Wire and Iron Works. He then transferred to the Colorado State Militia (which later became the National Guard) and by the 1903-04 Cripple Creek Miner Strikes Colonel Verdeckberg was involved with the national guard response to these labor wars. He is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Lakewood, Colorado where his headstone indicates he was a veteran of the Spanish-American War serving in Company E, 1st Colorado Volunteer Infantry, which was sent to the Philippines.PhotographerunknownLocationWalsenberg (Colo.)SubjectPortraitsMenMilitary uniformsNotes Thanks to J Richards of Colorado Springs for background research on this image.CollectionCripple Creek Labor Disturbance Photographs (1893-94)PublisherPikes Peak Library DistrictOriginal FormatPhotographsPhysical Description3 1/4 x 4 3/4 b&w printRightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/. You may use items from PPLD’s digital collections freely for private study, research and educational purposes. Any other use, including reproduction, publication or exhibition, should be requested through Regional History & Genealogy at PPLD. Proper credit and citation should accompany any use of these materials.