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During the American Civil War, most of what is now the U.S. state of Oklahoma was designated as the Indian Territory.It served as an unorganized region that had been set aside specifically for Native American tribes and was occupied mostly by tribes which had been removed from their ancestral lands in the Southeastern United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
American Civil War Operations to Control Indian Territory (1864) 47 United States of America vs Confederate States of America Ambush of the steamboat J. R. Williams: June 15, 1864 near modern Tamaha [28] American Civil War Operations to Control Indian Territory (1864) 4 United States of America vs Confederate States of America
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 Battle of Chusto-Talasah, also known as Bird Creek, Caving Banks, and High Shoal, was fought December 9, 1861, in what is now Tulsa County, Oklahoma (then Indian Territory) during the American Civil War. It was the second of three battles in the Trail of Blood on Ice campaign for the control of Indian Territory during the American Civil War.
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.
Two Civil War military engagements were fought at the Cabin Creek battlefield in the Cherokee Nation within Indian Territory. [a] The location was where the Texas Road [b] crossed Cabin Creek, near the present-day town of Big Cabin, Oklahoma.
This historic site is known for a number of reasons: its place in Civil War history, the deputy marshals and it being federal court for the Western District of Arkansas at one time. Fort Smith ...
Perryville was an important town and county seat of Tobucksy County, Choctaw Nation, in the Indian Territory, about halfway between Skullyville and Boggy Depot. [ a ] during the mid 19th Century. It was established as a trading post by James Perry, member of a Choctaw family, about 1838, [ 2 ] and was located at the crossing of the Texas Road ...