The American Indian As Participant In The Civil War

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The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War is one of the first historical accounts dealing with the participations of Native American in the American Civil War. Native Americans took active participation in the conflict. 28,693 Native Americans served during the war, mostly in the Confederate military. They participated in battles such as Pea Ridge, Second Manassas, Antietam, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and in Federal assaults on Petersburg._x000D_ Contents_x000D_ The Battle of Pea Ridge, or Elkhorn and Its More Immediate Effects_x000D_ Lane's Brigade and the Inception of the Indian_x000D_ The Indian Refugees in Southern Kansas_x000D_ The Organization of the First Indian Expedition_x000D_ The March to Tahlequah and the Retrograde Movement of the "White Auxiliary"_x000D_ General Pike in Controversy With General Hindman_x000D_ Organization of the Arkansas and Red River Superintendency_x000D_ The Retirement of General Pike_x000D_ The Removal of the Refugees to the Sac and Fox Agency_x000D_ Negotiations With Union Indians_x000D_ Indian Territory in 1863, January to June Inclusive_x000D_ Indian Territory in 1863, July to December Inclusive_x000D_ Aspects, Chiefly Military, 1864-1865

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Book Excerpt: ...ii, supplement, 767, 774.][Footnote 27: Van Dora's protection, if given, was given to little purpose; for the mines were soon abandoned [Britton, Memoirs of the Rebellion on the Border, 1863, 120].][Footnote 28: Official Records, vol. viii, 734.][Footnote 29: --Ibid., 745.][Footnote 30: --Ibid., 690.]superseded by that which later clothed Van Dorn and yet his department was now to be absorbed by a military district, which was itself merely a section of another department. The name and organization of the Department of Indian Territory remained to breed confusion, disorder, and serious discontent at a slightly subsequent time. Of course, since the ratification of the treaties of alliance with the tribes, there was no question to be raised concerning the status of Indian Territory as definitely a possession of the Southern Confederacy. Indeed, it had, in a way, been counted as such, actual and prospective, ever since the enactment of the marque and reprisa

The American Indian in the Civil War is one of the first historical accounts dealing with the participations of Native American in the American Civil War. Native Americans took active participation in the conflict. 28,693 Native Americans served during the war, mostly in the Confederate military. They participated in battles such as Pea Ridge, Second Manassas, Antietam, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and in Federal assaults on Petersburg. Contents The Battle of Pea Ridge, or Elkhorn and Its More Immediate Effects Lane's Brigade and the Inception of the Indian The Indian Refugees in Southern Kansas The Organization of the First Indian Expedition The March to Tahlequah and the Retrograde Movement of the "White Auxiliary" General Pike in Controversy With General Hindman Organization of the Arkansas and Red River Superintendency The Retirement of General Pike The Removal of the Refugees to the Sac and Fox Agency Negotiations With Union Indians Indian Territory in 1863, January to June Inclusive Indian Territory in 1863, July to December Inclusive Aspects, Chiefly Military, 1864-1865