The Life of General Stand Watie and Contemporary Cherokee History
Pryor, Oklahoma: Self published, 1931.
Revised Edition. Wraps. Wraps. 9" x 6". Gray paper wraps with title on the front cover. 85 pages. Illustrated with frontispiece photograph portrait and 2 photographs of monuments of Stand Watie. Watie was born in 1806 near Calhoun Georgia. Watie left for the Indian Territory in 1835 and was one of the Cherokee leaders before the Civil War. He was the only Native American Confederate General commanding the Confederate Indian Cavalry of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi. Watie was the last Confederate General to surrender in June 1865. The author was the grandniece of Stand Watie. This book was first published in 1915.
Howes A 232; Nevins II page 36. Very good +. Item #13054
Price: $250.00