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The Indian Home Guard was a series of volunteer infantry regiments recruited from the Five Civilized Tribes of the Indian Territory to support the Union during the American Civil War. There was also a series of Confederate units of Indian Territory. The leaders of all of the Five Civilized Tribes signed treaties with the Confederacy at the ...
The Battle of Honey Springs, [a] also known as the Affair at Elk Creek, on July 17, 1863, was an American Civil War engagement and an important victory for Union forces in their efforts to gain control of the Indian Territory. It was the largest confrontation between Union and Confederate forces in the area that would eventually become Oklahoma ...
The area where the Indian camp was located was flat ground. Little is known about the camp. Hugh Thompson, who was stationed as a scout in the area, said 6,000 men were stationed between the Indian camp and Camp Hunter in June 1862. The 2nd Regiment of the Indian Home Guard was organized there and placed under the command of Col. John Ritchie ...
During a ceremony, Oklahoma Historical Society Executive Director Trait Thompson talked about how Cantonment Gibson, established in April 1824, played a role in westward expansion and Indian ...
6 captured. The ambush of the steamboat J.R. Williams was a military engagement during the American Civil War. It took place on June 15, 1864, on the Arkansas River in the Choctaw Nation (Indian Territory) which became encompassed by the State of Oklahoma. It is popularly termed the "only naval battle" in that landlocked state.
A number of Osage formed a Union "Osage Battalion" that took part in Colonel William Weer's Indian Expedition of 1862 and many joined the Union 2nd Indian Home Guard Regiment, formed in Kansas that same year. [5] [11] [12] [13] The Confederate Osage Battalion was formed in early 1863. [6]
Battle of Cane Hill Part of the American Civil War The 2nd Indiana Battery in action at Cane Hill, during the beginning of the battle. Date November 28, 1862 (161 years ago) (1862-11-28) Location Washington County, Arkansas 35°54′29″N 94°23′49″W / 35.90806°N 94.39694°W / 35.90806; -94.39694 Result Inconclusive Belligerents United States (Union) Confederate States ...
Lewis Downing (c. 1823 – November 9, 1872), also known by his Cherokee name ᎷᏫ ᏌᏩᎾᏍᎩ ("Lewie-za-wau-na-skie") served as Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1867 to 1872. After the death of John Ross, he was a compromise candidate who was elected to a full term as Principal Chief. [citation needed] Downing worked to heal divisions ...