Military Units Formed in the Indian Nation



Confederate Units

Cherokee Nation

A Guide to Cherokee Confederate Military Units, 1861 - 1865
  • 1st (Watie's) Cherokee Mounted Volunteers
  • 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles
  • 1st Regiment of Cherokee Mounted Volunteers (Holt's)
  • 1st Cherokee Battalion of Partisan Rangers
  • 1st Squadron of Cherokee Mounted Volunteers
  • 2nd Regiment of Cherokee Mounted Volunteers
  • 3rd Cherokee Regiment of Volunteer Cavalry
  • Cherokee Battalion (or Regiment), Special Service
  • Meyer's Battalion
  • Thomas' Legion; Indian Battalion
  • Adair's Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles
  • Drew's Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles
  • Bryan's Battalion, Cherokee Mounted Rifles
  • Faye's - Scales' Battalion, Cherokee Mounted Volunteers


    • Creek Nation

  • 1st Battalion Creek Confederate Cavalry
  • 1st Creek Infantry Regiment
  • 2nd Creek Infantry Regiment
  • 2nd Regiment of Creek Mounted Volunteers - 130 names


    • Seminole Nation

  • 1st Battalion Seminole Cavalry
  • 1st Regiment Seminole Mounted Volunteers
  • Seminole Home Guard


    • Chickasaw Nation

  • 1st Regiment of Chickasaw Infantry
  • 1st Regiment of Chickasaw Cavalry
  • 1st Battalion of Chickasaw Cavalry
  • Shecoe's Chickasaw Battalion of Mounted Volunteers


    • Choctaw Nation

  • Overview

  • 1st Choctaw & Chickasaw Mounted Rifles - 2470 names
  • 1st Regiment of Choctaw Mounted Rifles
  • 1st Battalion Choctaw Cavalry - Mc Curtain
  • 1st Choctaw Battalion Mississippi Cavalry
  • 2nd Regiment of Choctaw Cavalry - 11 names
  • 3rd Regiment of Choctaw Cavalry - 3 names
  • Deneale's Regiment of Choctaw Warriors
  • Folsom's Battalion of Choctaw Mounted Rifles
  • Capt. John Wilkin's Company of Choctaw Infantry


    • Northwest Frontier Command of Indian Territory
    (Col. Roswell W. Lee, Commanding)

  • 1st Osage Battalion
  • Major George Washington's Frontier Battalion
  • Major James W. Cooper's Battalion


    • Union Units
  • 1st Regiment, Indian Home Guards, Kansas Infantry
  • 2nd Indian Home Guard Regiment
  • 3rd Indian Home Guard Regiment
  • 4th Indian Home Guard Regiment
    •  Sources:
    https://www.thepeoplespaths.net/history/CherConfed.htm
    https://www.bjmjr.net/indian_territory/index.htm
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_units_of_Indian_Territory


    Most of these units were formed directly by the Confederate Government and the rosters are filed as "Confederate States Units" with the National Archives.





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