Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
American Civil War 137-150 Osage vs Tonkawa [23] Battle of Cabin Creek [24] July 1–2, 1863 modern Mayes County: American Civil War Operations to Control Indian Territory (1863) 88 United States of America vs Confederate States of America Battle of Honey Springs [25] July 17, 1863 modern Muskogee County & McIntosh County: American Civil War
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.
[a] The location was where the Texas Road [b] crossed Cabin Creek, near the present-day town of Big Cabin, Oklahoma. Both the First Battle of Cabin Creek and the Second Battle of Cabin Creek were launched by the Confederate Army to disrupt Union Army supply trains. Monument of 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment at Cabin Creek Battle Site ...
The history of Oklahoma refers to the history of the state of Oklahoma and the land that the state now occupies. Areas of Oklahoma east of its panhandle were acquired in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, while the Panhandle was not acquired until the U.S. land acquisitions following the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).
The First Battle of Cabin Creek occurred from July 1 to July 2, 1863, Mayes County, Oklahoma during the American Civil War. Confederate forces, led by Colonel Stand Watie, sought to ambush a Union supply convoy commanded by Colonel James Monroe Williams. However, Williams received advance warning of the attack.
The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture says that the battlefield was 15 miles northeast of the depot, whereas the battlefield marker says the distance was 12 miles. [2] The Confederate force at the outpost, consisting of 90 poorly armed men, were caught off guard when Willetts attacked them. [ 3 ]
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.
From the standpoint of the Indians, the Camp Napoleon Council and its compact was a significant step, because this action mitigated intertribal warfare after the Civil War. However, it had no effect on ameliorating the U.S. government policy to punish all those tribes who were considered hostile for having supported the cause of the Confederacy.