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March 12, 2018

Major General James G. Blunt and Lt. Col. John Bowles’ Reports on the Battle of Honey Springs, or Elk Creek

White, Black, and Native American Union Soldiers Fought Confederate Native Americans and Texans for Control of Fort Gibson in Indian Territory For the first two years of the Civil War, Confederate forces generally controlled...

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September 8, 2014

General Stand Watie’s Report on the Battle of Second Cabin Creek September 1864

Like the rest of the country, the Native American population was divided as which to side to support in the Civil War. This division extended to individual tribes, with the Cherokees being perhaps the...

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August 31, 2014

Atlanta Falls to Sherman’s Army; Battles of Opequon, Chaffin’s Farm and Poplar Springs Church: September 1864

September 1864 in the Civil War The end of the Atlanta Campaign was in sight as the month of September opened. At the end of August, Major General William T. Sherman sent six corps...

Tagged: indian territory

Major General James G. Blunt and Lt. Col. John Bowles’ Reports on the Battle of Honey Springs, or Elk Creek

General Stand Watie’s Report on the Battle of Second Cabin Creek September 1864

Atlanta Falls to Sherman’s Army; Battles of Opequon, Chaffin’s Farm and Poplar Springs Church: September 1864

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