1st Creek Cavalry
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- Also referred to as the:
- 1st Creek Cavalry (Mounted Rifles)
- 1st Creek Cavalry (Mounted Volunteers)
- August 19, 1861 - Organized for 12 months
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- August 17, 1862 - Reenlisted for 2 years
- December 9, 1861 - Chusto-Talasah
- March 6-8, 1862 - Pea Ridge
- July 17, 1863 - near Honey Springs
- September 19, 1864 - Cabin Creek
- May 26, 1865 - Surrendered by General E.K. Smith, commanding Trans-Mississippi Department
DESIGNATIONS
- Indian Territory (August-November 1861)
- Department of the Indian Territory (November 1861-January 1862)
- Department #2 / Trans-Mississippi District / Indian (Pike's) Brigade (January-March 1862)
- Department of the Indian Territory (March-June 1862)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Cooper's Brigade (September 1862)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / 1st Corps / Roane's Division / Cooper's Brigade (December 1862)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of Arkansas / Steele's Division / Cooper's Brigade (April 1863-July 1864)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / District of the Indian Territory / Cooper's Division / Watie's Brigade (July-September 1864)
- Trans-Mississippi Department / Indian (Cooper's) Division / 1st (Watie's) Indian Brigade (September 1864-May 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: Daniel N. McIntosh (Colonel)
- Samuel Chekote (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Jacob Derrysaw (Major)
- James McHenry (Major)
- William R. McIntosh (Lieutenant Colonel)
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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. (Page 202)