The Native American role in The Civil War is not a subject that has been widely discussed or taught in general United States History classes. However, there has been a fair amount of documentation and research on tribal participation with bands ranging from the Seminoles of the southernmost Florida region to the Delaware tribes of the Northeastern territory. Many people are unaware of the loss of life that the Native Americans suffered as participants of a war they did not have an overwhelming amount of interest in.
When the Civil War, commonly known as The War Between The States, broke out in Charleston, South Carolina in January of 1861, there were several Native Americans who were African slave owners that were owned by some of certain tribes’ …show more content…
Pike negotiated treaties and contracts with certain tribes that would provide financial support, food, tools, livestock, and an influential seat at the political table. With Pike’s help, recruiting camps began and several regiments were trained with loyalty to the Confederacy. Chief John Ross (1790-1866), joined the Confederacy team early in The Civil War. He accepted a commission position in the Confederate Army, and then later on when a federal army invaded the Mississippi West, he went over to the enemy and switched …show more content…
John Drew. On March 7-8, 1862, about a year afterward, ensuing the Battle of Pea Ridge in Arkansas, Drew’s Mounted Rifles rebel to the Union forces in Kansas where in return they would join the Home Guard of the Indians. When the summer of 1862 came around, the Federal had their sights set on Ross, as he was in his home broke in and captured him. He was paroled and spent the remaining summer of the war in Philadelphia and Washington. While he was stuck there, Chief Ross kept declaring his loyalty to the Cherokee. While Chief was captured in Philadelphia and Washington, someone needed to take over, so the Cherokee Nation decided to nominate Col. Stand Watie in his absence as the “chosen principal chief of the Cherokee Nation” and once he was nominated for the position, he immediately brought up, in the draft, all Cherokee males from the age of 18-50 into the Confederate military service. Col. Stand Watie, was known by many others as a huge horse rider who had the ability and the quickness at hit-and-run methods on his enemies and foes. Others were impressed by his decision making and called him a “genius” in guerilla warfare, which is a form of twisted warfare, in which small groups of soldiers such as “paramilitary personnel”, “armed civilians”, or “irregulars” use methods to attacks others including raids, ambushes, sabotage,
When the Civil War, commonly known as The War Between The States, broke out in Charleston, South Carolina in January of 1861, there were several Native Americans who were African slave owners that were owned by some of certain tribes’ …show more content…
Pike negotiated treaties and contracts with certain tribes that would provide financial support, food, tools, livestock, and an influential seat at the political table. With Pike’s help, recruiting camps began and several regiments were trained with loyalty to the Confederacy. Chief John Ross (1790-1866), joined the Confederacy team early in The Civil War. He accepted a commission position in the Confederate Army, and then later on when a federal army invaded the Mississippi West, he went over to the enemy and switched …show more content…
John Drew. On March 7-8, 1862, about a year afterward, ensuing the Battle of Pea Ridge in Arkansas, Drew’s Mounted Rifles rebel to the Union forces in Kansas where in return they would join the Home Guard of the Indians. When the summer of 1862 came around, the Federal had their sights set on Ross, as he was in his home broke in and captured him. He was paroled and spent the remaining summer of the war in Philadelphia and Washington. While he was stuck there, Chief Ross kept declaring his loyalty to the Cherokee. While Chief was captured in Philadelphia and Washington, someone needed to take over, so the Cherokee Nation decided to nominate Col. Stand Watie in his absence as the “chosen principal chief of the Cherokee Nation” and once he was nominated for the position, he immediately brought up, in the draft, all Cherokee males from the age of 18-50 into the Confederate military service. Col. Stand Watie, was known by many others as a huge horse rider who had the ability and the quickness at hit-and-run methods on his enemies and foes. Others were impressed by his decision making and called him a “genius” in guerilla warfare, which is a form of twisted warfare, in which small groups of soldiers such as “paramilitary personnel”, “armed civilians”, or “irregulars” use methods to attacks others including raids, ambushes, sabotage,