Indian cavalry

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Indian cavalry is the name collectively given to the Midwestern and Eastern American Indians who fought during the American Civil War, most of them on horseback and for the Confederate States of America.

Indian units in the CS Armed forces

Cherokee Nation

The Cherokee Braves Flag, as flown by Stand Watie.

The Choctaw Nation Flag, adopted in 1860 and carried by the tribal brigades.

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1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles – Col. (later Brigadier) Stand Watie, 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 Shecoe

Choctaw 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 Wilkins

Creek Nation

1st Creek Mounted Rifles – Col. Daniel N. McIntosh
2nd Creek Mounted Rifles – Lt. Col. Chilly McIntosh

Seminole Nation

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1st Battalion Seminole Mounted Volunteers
2nd Regiment Seminole Mounted Volunteers

Others

Osage Cavalry Battalion – Maj. Broken Arm^{[citation needed]}

Indian units in the US Armed forces

Indian Home Guard

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

References

↑ "Community and Conflict » Archive » Thomas R. Livingston".

External links

Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory