This is the story of Stand Watie, the only Indian to attain the rank of general in the Confederate Army. An aristocratic, prosperous slaveholding planter and le

Stand Watie was born 12 December 1806 in the Cherokee Nation at the place where Rome, Georgia is now located. His birth name was Ta-ker-taw-ker. He changed his

Tragic historic story of the destruction of Native American peoples as a result of the Civil War, including their own service in both the Union and Confederate

Although many Indian nations fought in the Civil War, historians have given little attention to the role Native Americans played in the conflict. Indian nations

No one questions the horrific impact of the Civil War on America, but few realize its effect on American Indians. Residents of Indian Territory found the war es