Confederate Soldiers
Battle of Cabin Creek, Sept. 19, 1864
(Front):To honor
The Confederate Soldiers
of the
Battle of Cabin Creek
Sept. 19, 1864
Erected by
Okla. Division
Daughters of the Confederacy
June 1961
(Back):
Battle of Cabin Creek
Sept. 19, 1864
Confederate Forces --
Brig. Gen. Stand Watie - First Indian Brigade
Brig. Gen. Richard M. Gano - Texas Cavalry Brigade
Part of Howell's Battery.
Federal Forces --
Captain Henry Hopkins - 2nd Kansas Cavalry
Detachments of 6th and 14th Kansas Cavalry
2nd and 3rd Indian Home Guard.
Federal wagon train valued at $1,500,000 attacked on the Military Road to Fort Gibson. At Big Cabin Creek the Confederates captured 130 wagons, 740 mules, all heavily loaded with commissary supplies.
Courtesy hmdb.org
