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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.
in part: jefferson davis, june 3, 1808-december 6, 1889, soldier scholar statesman, a graduate of west point military academy. he served the united states as colonel of mississippi volunteers. mexican war: member of house of representatives, senator, and as secretary of war.
Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-0-8909-6639-6. Grear, Charles. Why Texans Fought in the Civil War (2010) excerpt and text search; Hale, Douglas. The Third Texas Cavalry in the Civil War (University of Oklahoma Press, 2000) Howell, Kenneth Wayne (2009). The Seventh Star of the Confederacy: Texas During the Civil War. University of North ...
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
Mound City and Eastern Railway, in McPherson County, South Dakota St. Louis, Missouri , nicknamed Mound City due to the presence of several ceremonial mounds USS Mound City , a gunboat used by the Union in the American Civil War
Mound City's post was established by 1860 in Mound City, Kansas, United States. In August 1861 U.S. Senator James H. Lane reported to the commander of Fort Leavenworth that the post was to be fortified. In fact, Mound City's post became one of the important posts guarding against Confederate guerrilla attacks along the Kansas-Missouri border ...
The Texas State Cemetery (TSC) is a cemetery located on about 22 acres (8.9 ha) just east of downtown Austin, the capital of the U.S. state of Texas.Originally the burial place of Edward Burleson, Texas Revolutionary general and vice-president of the Republic of Texas, it was expanded into a Confederate cemetery during the Civil War.
The Battle of St. Charles was fought on June 17, 1862, at St. Charles, Arkansas, during the American Civil War.Earlier in 1862, a Union Army force commanded by Major General Samuel R. Curtis moved against Little Rock, Arkansas, but became bogged down in the Batesville area due to lack of supplies.