Watie (Stand) Letters 1838-1865

Cherokee Nation

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Although the Treaty of Hopewell (1785) defined the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation and the U.S., Congress during the Confederation period was unable to keep white squatters off Cherokee lands. With violence escalating between Cherokees and settlers, particularly those of the "State of Franklin" (now Tennessee), Congress in Sept. of 1788 issued a proclamation forbidding white intrustion on Cherokee land. From the description of A talk from the head men warriers of the Cherokey Natio...

Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma. Treaties, etc. Confederate States of America

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Pike, Albert, 1809-1891

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General Albert Pike (1809-1891), grand commander of the Supreme Grand Council, Southern Jurisdiction, of the Scottish Rite, 1859-1891. From the description of Letter to Bro. Hayden /by Albert Pike, 1885 Feb 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702128274 After his work as commissioner to the Indian tribes west of the Arkansas, Pike was commissioned a brigadier general in the Confederate Army in November, 1861. He recruited Native American troops on the promise that they would o...

Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Scott, T. M.

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Queensbury, William

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Confederate States of America. Army. Cherokee Regiment

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Cooper, Henry E. (Henry Ernest), 1857-1929

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Adair, W. P. (William Penn), 1830-1880

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Georgia resident. From the description of Letters, 1860-1862. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31187641 ...

Watie (Stand)

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Stand Watie (1806-1871) was born to an influential family near New Echota in the Cherokee Nation (near present day Calhoun, Georgia). His father, a full-blooded Cherokee, changed his name from Oo-wa-tie to David Watie after being baptized by the Moravian Church. He eventually became a wealthy slave-owning planter. His mother was a half-blood Cherokee named Susanna Reese. Stand Watie was originally named Degadoga, which means, “He stands”. After being baptized, his named was changed ...

McCulloch, Henry E. (Henry Eustace), 1816-1895

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Watie, Stand, 1806-1871

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Stand Watie, also known as Standhope, Oowatie, Degataga, and Isaac S. Watie, was a Cherokee Nation leader and brigadier general in the Confederate Army. He was born into the Cherokee Nation in Calhoun, Georgia, on December 12, 1806, and was educated at a Moravian mission school in Spring Place, Georgia. He briefly wrote for the Cherokee Phoenix, during which time he became involved in anti-Indian laws following the discovery of gold in Georgia in the 1830s. Watie was a signer of the Treaty of Ne...