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Second Battle of Cabin Creek

When
19 September 1864
Where
Cabin Creek
Part of
Second Battle of Cabin Creek, 19 September 1864

Confederate forces under Stand Watie captured a Union supply wagon train in Mayes County, Oklahoma, on September 19, 1864.

This engagement was part of a plan to attack central Kansas from Indian Territory. Watie and Gano met at Camp Pike in the Choctaw Nation on September 13, 1864, to plan the expedition. The battle is considered the greatest Confederate victory in Indian Territory.

Sources

  1. Stand Watie Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-06
  2. Second Battle of Cabin Creek Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22

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