CIVIL WAR IN INDIAN TERRITORY TIME LINE by Nicholas Immenschuh https://padlet.com/nicholasimmenschuh/owcb6ibnzhbf6iow en-us 2021-02-05 15:58:23 UTC 2021-02-05 16:25:28 UTC hello@padlet.com THE CIVIL WAR BEGAN 1861 nicholasimmenschuh https://padlet.com/nicholasimmenschuh/owcb6ibnzhbf6iow/wish/1168880162 after decades of simmering tensions between northern and southern states over slavery, states’ rights and westward expansion.


]]> 2021-02-05 16:00:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholasimmenschuh/owcb6ibnzhbf6iow/wish/1168880162 CHEROKEES AND CHIEF JOHN ROSS SIGN ALLIANCE TREATY WITH THE CONFEDERATES OCTOBER 7, 1861 nicholasimmenschuh https://padlet.com/nicholasimmenschuh/owcb6ibnzhbf6iow/wish/1168912764 After the Cherokee Treaty was signed, John Ross persuaded the Osage, the Senecas, the Shawnees, and the Quapaw's to meet with Pike. They signed treaties with the Confederacy-- the osage agreed to furnish 500 warriors  to the Southern cause.

]]> 2021-02-05 16:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholasimmenschuh/owcb6ibnzhbf6iow/wish/1168912764 BATTLE OF ROUND MOUNTAIN NOVEMBER 19, 1861 nicholasimmenschuh https://padlet.com/nicholasimmenschuh/owcb6ibnzhbf6iow/wish/1168941397 the first territorial battle of the Civil War took place at Round Mountain. The Indians forced the Confederates to retreat, and Opothleyahola led his followers to a new hiding place near the Creek settlement in Tulsa.


]]> 2021-02-05 16:11:40 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholasimmenschuh/owcb6ibnzhbf6iow/wish/1168941397 BATTLE OF HONEY SPRINGS JULY 17, 1863 nicholasimmenschuh https://padlet.com/nicholasimmenschuh/owcb6ibnzhbf6iow/wish/1168953763 like Gettysburg, which was fought at the same time and was the turning point of the war in the East, Honey Springs was the turning point of the War in Indian Territory.


]]> 2021-02-05 16:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholasimmenschuh/owcb6ibnzhbf6iow/wish/1168953763 THE UNION ARMY SURROUNDED TAHLEQUAH AND TOOK THAT CITY, CAPTURING JOHN ROSS- LEAD TO MANY CHEROKEES JOINING THE UNION JULY 12, 1862 nicholasimmenschuh https://padlet.com/nicholasimmenschuh/owcb6ibnzhbf6iow/wish/1168960346 All during the war, Confederate Indians defected and joined the Union forces, especially among the Cherokees.Chief John Ross refused to defect, or abandon the Confederates, having given his word in the Confederate treaty that the Cherokees would support the South.On July 12, 1862, the Union army surrounded Tahlequah and took that city, capturing John Ross.He was taken to Philadelphia remained there during the duration of the war.From Philadelphia, Ross organized a Union movement among the Cherokees in Indian Territory- He persuades many to join the Union.


]]> 2021-02-05 16:14:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholasimmenschuh/owcb6ibnzhbf6iow/wish/1168960346 STAND WATIE PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF BRIGADIER GENERAL- ONLY INDIAN TO ATTAIN SUCH A RANK IN THE CONFEDERACY 1864 nicholasimmenschuh https://padlet.com/nicholasimmenschuh/owcb6ibnzhbf6iow/wish/1168979315 Confederate officials promoted Stand Watie to the rank of brigadier general.He was the only Indian to attain such a rank in the Confederacy.From the time of his promotion, he commanded most of the Confederate troops in Indian Territory.His greatest victory was the Battle of Cabin Creek in September of 1864.


]]> 2021-02-05 16:18:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholasimmenschuh/owcb6ibnzhbf6iow/wish/1168979315 HE OFFICIAL END OF THE CIVIL WAR April 9, 1865 nicholasimmenschuh https://padlet.com/nicholasimmenschuh/owcb6ibnzhbf6iow/wish/1169000835 Confederate commanding general Robert E. Lee surrendered his forces to Union commanding General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia.
The war in Indian Territory continued into the summer until Confederate officers 

]]> 2021-02-05 16:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholasimmenschuh/owcb6ibnzhbf6iow/wish/1169000835 GENERAL STAND WATIE, THE LAST GENERAL TO SURRENDER, STOPPED THE EFFORTS OF HIM AND HIS MEN. June 23 1865 nicholasimmenschuh https://padlet.com/nicholasimmenschuh/owcb6ibnzhbf6iow/wish/1169006264 General Stand Watie, the last general to surrender, stopped the efforts of him and his men on June 23, 1865, at Doaksville.


]]> 2021-02-05 16:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nicholasimmenschuh/owcb6ibnzhbf6iow/wish/1169006264 AFTER NEGOTIATIONS, THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES MEET IN WASHINGTON TO SIGN RECONSTRUCTION TREATIES January 1866 nicholasimmenschuh https://padlet.com/nicholasimmenschuh/owcb6ibnzhbf6iow/wish/1169010649 Negotiations were dismissed, and leaders of the Five Civilized Tribes were instructed to meet in Washington in January, 1866.


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