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
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
1st Battalion Seminole Mounted Volunteers 2nd Regiment Seminole Mounted Volunteers
Others Osage Cavalry Battalion – Maj. Broken Arm
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
Native Americans in the American Civil War Indian Territory in the American Civil War Confederate units of Indian Territory Confederate Government units – Indian cavalry
References
External links Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory