Indian Territory did not have much of an impact on the Civil War, but the Civil War had a tremendous impact on Indian Territory. The historian LeRoy Fischer has said that no area of the country ...

The average person is quite surprised that Civil War battles were fought here in Oklahoma, based, I suppose, on the assumption that as Oklahoma did not become a state until 1907 and, during the ...

The average person is quite surprised that Civil War battles were fought here in Oklahoma, based, I suppose, on the assumption that as Oklahoma did not become a state until 1907, and during the ...

On Saturday, at 1 p.m., Aug. 16 the Honey Springs Battlefield will host a program on “The Cherokee Nation and the Civil War.” ...

As the Civil War began, the Union wanted to control New Mexico as a way to access the gold in the mountains of the West and California’s deep-water ports. The Confederates wanted these same ...

When the Civil War started in 1861, Parker, from a family that was fiercely loyal to the United States, ... Finally, it was Parker, the American Indian who could not enlist as a private, ...

Add to that the removal of most federal troops in the territory to fight in the Civil War, and many living in Nebraska Territory found themselves at the forefront of a brewing war with tribes by ...

A version of this article appeared in the April 20, 2011 edition of Education Week as Schools Walk Into Touchy Territory With Civil War. Civil War. Open image caption. Close image caption.