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Watie's most spectacular victories included the Ambush of the steamboat J. R. Williams, in June 1864, [3] and the capture of a Union wagon train at the Second Battle of Cabin Creek in September 1864.
[a] The location was where the Texas Road [b] crossed Cabin Creek, near the present-day town of Big Cabin, Oklahoma. Both the First and the Second Battle of Cabin Creek were launched by the Confederate Army to disrupt Union Army supply trains. The second engagement, in September, 1864, again a Confederate raid on a Union supply train.
Map of Cabin Creek I Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program. A young Cherokee named Joseph Martin acquired land on Cabin Creek in 1840. This would become his headquarters for a ranch named Pensacola that he developed over the next twenty years containing over 100,000 acres (400 km 2).
The Second Battle of Cabin Creek was part of a plan conceived by Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie, who had been promoted from colonel after the First Battle of Cabin Creek. The plan was to have a Confederate force attack central Kansas from Indian Territory, raiding Union Army facilities and encouraging Indian tribes in Western Kansas ...
Battle of Cabin Creek may refer to two battles during the American Civil War occurring in present-day Mayes County, Oklahoma: First Battle of Cabin Creek, July 1–2, 1863; Second Battle of Cabin Creek, September 19, 1864
The Osage Battalion fought at the Second Battle of Cabin Creek, where the Confederates captured 130 wagons and more than 1,800 horses and mules from a Union supply train. [20] By early 1865 Chouteau reported that the battalion was in good spirits but lacked for uniforms and requested fresh supplies from the Confederate authorities. [21]
Action at Cabin Creek July 1–2. the Battle of Honey Springs, July 17. At Fort Gibson until September. Lawrence, Kansas, July 27 (detachment). Near Sherwood August 14 Moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas, October, then to Roseville December, and duty there until March 1864. Horse Head Creek February 12, 1864. Roseville Creek March 20.
The West Virginia mine wars era began with the Cabin Creek and Paint Creek strike of 1912–1913. [1] With help from Mary "Mother Jones" Harris Jones , an important figure in unionizing the mine workers, the miners demanded better pay, better work conditions, the right to trade where they pleased (ending the practice of forcing miners to buy ...