Civil War
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution, Geography
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Native Americans, American Indians, American Civil War
- Curriculum: American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877), American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Oklahoma
- Date: 1861-1865
Article abstract: A great Native American leads an Indian regiment for the Confederacy and is the last to surrender.
With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, both the Union and the Confederacy looked toward the Indian Territory for support. American Indians there, mostly members of the famed Five Civilized Tribes (the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole), had connections with the federal government through various agencies, but most also had Southern roots in the Carolinas, Alabama, Kentucky, Georgia, and Tennessee. In March, 1861, Confederate...
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