1st Choctaw War Cavalry
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- Also referred to as the:
- 1st Choctaw Cavalry
- 2nd Choctaw Cavalry
- ? - Organized by the increase of the 1st (Folsom's) Choctaw Cavalry Battalion to a regiment
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- March-May 1864 - Camden Expedition
- April 18, 1864 - Poison Springs
- July 27, 1864 - Massard's Prairie, near Fort Smith [detachment]
- May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E.K. Smith, commanding Trans-Mississippi Department
DESIGNATIONS
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Maxey's Cavalry Division / Choctaw (Walker's) Brigade (March-May 1864)
- District of the Indian Territory (July-August 1864)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of the Indian Territory / Cooper's Division / Walker's Brigade (September 1864)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / Indian (Cooper's) Cavalry Division / 2nd (Walker's) Indian Cavalry Brigade (September 1864-May 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Simpson Folsom (Colonel)
- Franceway Battice (Lieutenant Colonel)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, the Confederate Units, and the Indian Units. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 200-201)
