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On this date in the Civil War: December 26, 1861 – The Battle of Chustenahlah (150th Anniversary)
Commentary by Whit Edwards from “The Prairie was on Fire” pp. 9-14: The area was a good defensive position on a rocky, tree-covered ridge overlooking the creek bottom with nothing but prairie to the front. Once again Opoethleyohola prepared to … Continue reading
Posted in 1861, Battlefield Preservation, Casualties, This Date in Civil War History, Trail of Blood on Ice
Tagged 1861, cavalry, Cherokee, Christmas, Chustenahlah, Creek Indians, Douglas H. Cooper, Indian Territory, James McQueen McIntosh, Kansas, Oklahoma, Opothleyahola, Seminole, Skia Tooka, Skiatook, Stand Watie, Texas, Trail of Blood on Ice
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On this date in Civil War history: November 19, 1861 – Battle of Round Mountain (150th Anniversary)
Commentary by Whit Edwards from “The Prairie was on Fire” pp. 3-7: In mid-November 1861 Opoethleyohola, a chief of the Creek tribe, along with about 5,000 men, women and children, departed their homes and moved northwest to isolate themselves from … Continue reading
On this date in Civil War history: December 9, 1861 – The Battle of Chusto-Talasah (150th Anniversary)
Also known as the engagement of “Caving Banks” or “Little High Shoals,” the Civil War Battle of Chusto-Talasa took place on Bird Creek near present Sperry in Tulsa County. In November 1861 Col. Douglas H. Cooper, Confederate commander of the … Continue reading
Posted in 1861, Casualties, Commemoration, This Date in Civil War History, Trail of Blood on Ice
Tagged Caving Banks, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chusto-Talasah, Creek, Douglas Hancock Cooper, Five Civilized Tribes, Fort Gibson, Indian, Indian Territory, Muskogee, Oklahoma, Opothleyahola, Seminole, Sesquicentennial, Trail of Blood on Ice, Tulsa
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Creek Indians in the American Civil War
Inhabiting the area between the Arkansas and Canadian rivers in eastern Indian Territory, the people of the Creek Nation viewed the onset of the American Civil War with mixed emotions. Factions existed within the Creek Nation, but these divisions has … Continue reading
