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Indian cavalry is the name collectively given to the Midwestern and Eastern American Indians who fought during the
* 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles – Col. (later Brigadier)
Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
{{DEFAULTSORT:Indian Cavalry Military history of the Confederate States of America 19th-century Cherokee history Cherokee Nation in the American Civil War Indian Territory in the American Civil War Arkansas in the American Civil War Bleeding Kansas Native Americans in the American Civil War Irregular forces of the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
, most of them on horseback and for the Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or Dixieland, was an List of historical unrecognized states and dependencies, unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United State ...
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Indian units in the CS Armed forces
Cherokee Nation
* 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles – Col. (later Brigadier) Stand Watie
Brigadier-General Stand Watie (; December 12, 1806September 9, 1871), also known as Standhope Uwatie and Isaac S. Watie, was a Cherokee politician who served as the second principal chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1862 to 1866. The Cherokee ...
, Col. John Drew
* Thomas' Legion / 69th North Carolina Infantry – Col. William H. Thomas
* Scales'/Fry's Battalion of Cherokee Cavalry
* Meyer's Battalion of Cherokee Cavalry
* Cherokee Battalion of Infantry
* 2nd Cherokee Artillery Battery
* Livingston's Cherokee Spikes
Chickasaw Nation
* 1st Regiment of Chickasaw Infantry * 1st Regiment of Chickasaw Cavalry – Col. William L. Hunter * 1st Battalion, Chickasaw Cavalry (Shecoe's Btln., Chickasaw Mounted Volunteers) – Lt. Col. Joseph D. Harris, Lt. Col. Lemuel M. Reynolds, Lt. Col. Martin ShecoeChoctaw Nation
* 1st Regiment Choctaw & Chickasaw Mounted Rifles – Col. (later Brigadier) Douglas H. Cooper * 1st Regiment of Choctaw Mounted Rifles * 2nd Regiment of Choctaw Cavalry * 3rd Regiment of Choctaw Cavalry * Deneale's Regiment of Choctaw Warriors * Folsom's Battalion of Choctaw Mounted Rifles * Wilkins' Company of Choctaw Infantry – Cpt. John WilkinsCreek Nation
* 1st Creek Mounted Rifles – Col. Daniel N. McIntosh * 2nd Creek Mounted Rifles – Lt. Col. Chilly McIntoshSeminole Nation
* 1st Battalion Seminole Mounted Volunteers * 2nd Regiment Seminole Mounted VolunteersOthers
* Osage Cavalry Battalion – Maj. Broken ArmIndian units in the US Armed forces
Indian Home Guard
The Indian Home Guard was a series of volunteer infantry regiments recruited from the Five Civilized Tribes of the Indian Territory to support the Union during the American Civil War. There was also a series of Confederate units of Indian Terr ...
* 1st Regiment, Indian Home Guard
* 2nd Regiment, Indian Home Guard – Col. John Ritchie
* 3rd Regiment, Indian Home Guard – Col. William A. Phillips
* 4th Regiment, Indian Home Guard
See also
*Native Americans in the American Civil War Native Americans in the American Civil War refers to the involvement of various tribes of Native Americans in the United States during the American Civil War. An estimated 20,000 Native Americans fought on both sides in the war, with some reaching h ...
* Indian Territory in the 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 ...
* Confederate units of Indian Territory
* Confederate Government units – Indian cavalry
References
External links
Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
{{DEFAULTSORT:Indian Cavalry Military history of the Confederate States of America 19th-century Cherokee history Cherokee Nation in the American Civil War Indian Territory in the American Civil War Arkansas in the American Civil War Bleeding Kansas Native Americans in the American Civil War Irregular forces of the American Civil War