- Brigadier-General
Stand Watie (Cherokee: ᏕᎦᏔᎦ, romanized: Degataga, lit. 'Stand firm';
December 12, 1806 –
September 9, 1871), also
known as Standhope...
- ᎤᏩᏘ, romanized: Gallegina Uwati; 1802 – June 22, 1839; also
known as Buck
Watie) was a writer,
newspaper editor, and
leader of the
Cherokee Nation. He was...
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Rifles for
Watie is a children's
novel by
American writer Harold Keith. It was
first published in 1957, and
received the
Newbery Medal the
following year...
- the 1st
Regiment of
Cherokee Mounted Rifles with
Stand Watie in command.
During the war,
Watie's troops parti****ted in twenty-seven
major engagements...
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defending his
uncle Stand Watie against murder charges.
Watie had
killed James Foreman, one of the
attackers of
Major Ridge,
Watie's uncle.
Major Ridge, his...
- for the Union. The most
prominent Cherokee was
Brigadier General Stand Watie, the last
Confederate general to surrender.
After the fall of Vicksburg...
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officially surrendered his
command in Galveston, Texas. On June 23,
Stand Watie, who
commanded Southern troops in the
Indian Territory,
became the last...
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bounty on his head,
Wales flees to Texas. He
meets elderly Cherokee man Lone
Watie on the way, who
informs Wales that
Confederate General Joseph O. Shelby...
- Cr**** was part of a plan
conceived by
Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie, who had been
promoted from
colonel after the
First Battle of
Cabin Cr****...
-
Indian Territory provided a
political opening for
Watie.
While Ross was away,
those loyal to
Watie elected him Prin****l Chief. When Ross returned, an...
