Choctaw in the American Civil War | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-05

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Choctaw in the American Civil War


00:01:30 1 Background
00:02:42 1.1 Lincoln and Indian Affairs
00:03:48 1.2 Reasons Why the Choctaw Sided with the Confederacy
00:04:34 1.2.1 Choctaw Nation
00:05:04 1.2.2 Mississippi Choctaw
00:06:13 2 Trans-Mississippi Theater
00:07:52 2.1 First Choctaw and Chickasaw Mounted Rifles
00:08:38 2.2 First Choctaw Battalion
00:09:11 2.3 First Choctaw Mounted Rifles
00:09:37 2.4 First Choctaw War Regiment
00:10:05 2.5 Second Choctaw Regiment
00:10:27 2.6 Third Choctaw Regiment
00:11:09 2.7 Choctaw Warriors Regiment
00:11:40 2.8 Choctaw Company
00:11:58 2.9 Choctaw Infantry Company
00:12:12 2.10 Organization
00:15:10 2.11 Battles and Skirmishes
00:15:24 3 Western Theater
00:17:08 3.1 1st Choctaw Battalion
00:19:57 3.2 Spann's Independent Scouts
00:21:22 3.3 Organization
00:23:15 3.4 Battles, Skirmishes, and Other Actions
00:23:32 4 Aftermath
00:23:41 4.1 Trans-Mississippi Theater
00:24:22 4.2 Western Theater
00:27:38 4.3 Commemoration
00:28:05 4.4 Errata
00:29:45 5 See also
00:30:03 6 External links



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The Choctaw in the American Civil War participated in two major arenas— the Trans-Mississippi and Western Theaters. The Trans-Mississippi had the Choctaw Nation. The Western had the Mississippi Choctaw. The Choctaw Nation had removed West prior to the War. But, the Mississippi Choctaw had elected to remain in the East. Both the Choctaw Nation and the Mississippi Choctaw would ultimately side with the Confederacy.
After thirty years of development, the Choctaw Nation had begun to flourish in their new western environment. Their economic system was identical as the American South. Their upper class was engaged in the cotton trade with networks reaching as far as New Orleans. Confederate envoy Albert Pike successfully persuaded much of Indian country to side with the newly formed Confederate states. He conducted treaty terms and later commanded a combined force of Choctaw, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole troops.
The Mississippi Choctaw led a tougher existence. Through treaty provisions, they elected to stay while the majority removed West. By the time of the Civil War, the Mississippi Choctaw were destitute and lived a sharecropper's existence. The most lucky of them had a patron who were sympathetic to their needs. Mississippi Choctaws were continually petitioning their grievances to U.S. authorities. John W. Pierce and Samuel G. Spann organized the Mississippi Choctaw. They were both wealthy white planters and had experience with the Indians from Mississippi.