This man's military successes include capturing the steamboat JR Williams to ransack its food supplies on the Arkansas River, and taking a train at the Battle of Cabin Creek.
This man's military successes include capturing the steamboat JR Williams to ransack its food supplies on the Arkansas River, and taking a train at the Battle of Cabin Creek. With his elder brother, he was sued by the IRS over profits he made operating the Delaware County tobacco factory, and the US Supreme Court ruled against him. He was acquitted on grounds of self-defense after he shot and killed James Foreman in a grocery store, likely to avenge the murder of his uncle Major Ridge. This man, who served in Earl van Dorn's army at the Battle of Pea Ridge, laid down his arms to Colonel Asa Matthews at Doaksville, leading him to become known as the last Confederate general to surrender. Together with his brother Elias Boudinot, he was a member of the delegation that broke from John Ross and agreed to sign the Treaty of New Echota to move his people to Oklahoma. FTP, name this chief of the Cherokee tribe who was named for his ability to "stand firm."
This man's military successes include capturing the steamboat JR Williams to ransack its food supplies on the Arkansas River, and taking a train at the Battle of Cabin Creek.
Stand Watie [or De-ga-ta-ga, or Standhope Uwatie, or Tawkertawker, or Isaac Watie]