The Stand Watie Monument, the Lost Cause, and Oklahoma Cherokee Memory of the Civil War

In 1921, the United Daughters of the Confederacy erected a monument in Tahlequah, Oklahoma in honor of Stand Watie and the Cherokee soldiers he led, inscribed: “Only full blood indian[sic] Brig. Gen. in the Confederate army. This brave Cherokee with his heroic regiment rendered inestimable services to the Confederate cause of Ind. Terr. Born in … Read More Read More The post The Stand Watie…