General Stand Watie’s Confederate Indians eBook Frank Cunningham
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This is the story of Stand Watie, the only Indian to attain the rank of general in the Confederate Army. An aristocratic, prosperous slaveholding planter and leader of the Cherokee mixed bloods, Watie was recruited in Indian Territory by Albert Pike to fight the Union forces on the western front. He organized the First Cherokee Rifles on July 29, 1861, and was commissioned a colonel. In 1864, after battling at Wilson’s Creek and Pea Ridge, he became brigadier general. Watie was the last Confederate general to lay down his arms in surrender, two months after Appomattox.
“Frank Cunningham tells with all its gusto, hard riding, triumph, and heartbreak, the story of Stand Watie’s Cherokee Brigade that fought mightily in Missouri, Arkansas, and the present Oklahoma, under Generals Sterling Price, Thomas C. Hindman, Kirby Smith, and other commanders of the Trans-Mississippi Department, and when no superior officer was available, then pell mell and uncompromisingly on its own.”—North Carolina Historical Review
“A graphic and authentic account of General Stand Watie and his Indian troops....[It] fills a long-neglected gap in the Civil War annals.”—Civil War History
General Stand Watie’s Confederate Indians eBook Frank Cunningham
There was a brand of historical writing popular in the early 20th century that has largely been lost; a way of writing history as though it were an adventure novel. Frank Cunningham's biography of Stand Watie and of the conduct of the "Confederate Indians" during the War Between the States is a prime example of such writing, with all of its thrills and all of its faults.Cunningham's biography is clearly intended as a paean to a heroic figure whom history has forgotten. Stand Watie is held up as an epic hero who easily compares to Jo Shelby, William Quantrill, John S. Marmaduke, et al., and Cunningham wants to make sure that his readers know this. Thus, Cunningham tends to de-emphasize Watie's faults and relishes his many successes. Cunningham remains true to historical events, however, and despite the rose tint of his glasses, his biography remains a gripping and engaging chronicle of history.
And however dated it may be, Cunningham's treatment remains the only long-form history pertaining exclusively to Stand Watie and his Cherokee Mounted Rifles; without it, the historian is limited to asides and chapters in larger histories of Indians during the War Between the States. Cunningham is also valuable for his inclusion, often unedited, of contemporary battlefield and newspaper accounts and reports from the US and CS departments of Indian Affairs not easily found elsewhere.
I would recommend this book for any armchair general interested in an often overlooked aspect of the Trans-Mississippi Theatre of the War Between the States and for scholars of Indians history during the War Between the States who aren't averse to a few eyebrow raising turns of phrase.
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General Stand Watie’s Confederate Indians eBook Frank Cunningham Reviews
Great purchase!
Well written chronicle of one of the South's finest soldiers.
Too little has been introduced about the struggle between North and South in the Nations. This book is the best I have read on the subject.
Watie and his gallant band are well represented in their struggle to defend their families and save their homes from ruin during the Yankee invasion.
This is a work of art ,very good reading. One could learn many things by reading a good book and this is one.
An historical account, not much insight into Stand Watie's life, family or beliefs. Probably only a Civil War buff would read this to the end.
If you are not familiar with the american Indian (Particularly Cherokee) role in the war between the states, then this is a good place to begin learning.
In the preface it is stated that the book is dated, but overall the book is an awesome read and flows nicely. I would tell anyone who wants to know more about Stand Watie to read this book. There's not a lot out there to chose from. A great book about a great man. You have to read this book!
I would recommend this book only to someone deeply interested in this period. Most Civil War historians focus on the fighting in the East. Like Jefferson Davis and his government they overlooked the potential of opening up a viable Western fighting. Pemberton and Sibley do not merit much coverage other than the damage they did
There was a brand of historical writing popular in the early 20th century that has largely been lost; a way of writing history as though it were an adventure novel. Frank Cunningham's biography of Stand Watie and of the conduct of the "Confederate Indians" during the War Between the States is a prime example of such writing, with all of its thrills and all of its faults.
Cunningham's biography is clearly intended as a paean to a heroic figure whom history has forgotten. Stand Watie is held up as an epic hero who easily compares to Jo Shelby, William Quantrill, John S. Marmaduke, et al., and Cunningham wants to make sure that his readers know this. Thus, Cunningham tends to de-emphasize Watie's faults and relishes his many successes. Cunningham remains true to historical events, however, and despite the rose tint of his glasses, his biography remains a gripping and engaging chronicle of history.
And however dated it may be, Cunningham's treatment remains the only long-form history pertaining exclusively to Stand Watie and his Cherokee Mounted Rifles; without it, the historian is limited to asides and chapters in larger histories of Indians during the War Between the States. Cunningham is also valuable for his inclusion, often unedited, of contemporary battlefield and newspaper accounts and reports from the US and CS departments of Indian Affairs not easily found elsewhere.
I would recommend this book for any armchair general interested in an often overlooked aspect of the Trans-Mississippi Theatre of the War Between the States and for scholars of Indians history during the War Between the States who aren't averse to a few eyebrow raising turns of phrase.
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