1865: Indian Country is as divided as the U.S. in Civil War

About 20,000 American Indians join the Union Army or Confederate Army during the U.S. Civil War. Two American Indians achieve the rank of brigadier general. Ely Samuel Parker (b. 1828–d. 1895), a Seneca attorney, engineer, and diplomat, is commissioned lieutenant colonel in the Union Army and serves as adjutant to General Ulysses S. Grant; he later rises to the rank of brevet brigadier general. Stand Watie (b. 1806–d. 1871), a Cherokee chief, is a brigadier general of the Confederate Army.

Theme

Federal-Tribal Relations

Region

California, Great Basin, Great Plains, Northeast, Northwest Coast, Plateau, Southeast, Southwest