Stand Watie ( December 12 , 1806 -- September 9 , 1871 ) -- known as Standhope Uwatie , Degataga ( , `` stand firm '' ) , and Isaac S. Watie -- was a leader of the Cherokee Nation and a brigadier general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War .
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 .