Stand Watie was born on December 12, 1806, in Oothcaloga, a town in the state of Georgia now called Calhoun, which was then Cherokee territory. After the discovery of gold in their lands in 1818, this ...

Stand Watie, also known as Standhope Uwatie Degataga, was a leader of the Cherokee Nation and a brigadier general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He commanded the ...

Stand Watie was named Degadoga, which means "he stands," when he was born on Dec. 12, 1806, near New Echota, Ga., the son of Oo-wa-tie, who was a full-blooded Cherokee, and Susanna Reese, who was ...

Learning about dedicated Indian slaveholders such as Watie tells us that history is a lot more complicated than you’ve been told. ... Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Cherokee Leader Stand Watie.

Cherokee Col. Stand Watie fought in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. He became a brigadier general in 1864 and was the Confederacy’s last general to cease hostilities in 1865.

Stand Watie, elected principal chief of the Cherokee in 1862, became the only Native American to be promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in either Army.

On June 23, 1865, 155 years ago, Stand Watie became the last major Confederate field commander to surrender to the Union, which took place at Doaksville, in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.

SOUTHWEST CITY, Mo. — Although Gen. Robert E. Lee, commander of Confederate forces, surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House 150 years ago today, for some, the ...

Stand Watie (December 12, 1806 - September 9, 1871) was a leader of the Cherokee Nation and a brigadier general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was known as ...