The Cherokee Nation in the Civil War

The Cherokee Nation in the Civil War, by Clarissa W. Confer. Offers a broad overview of the Civil War as it affected the Cherokees - a social history of a people plunged into crisis. It further shows how the Cherokee people, who had only just begun to recover from the ordeal of removal, faced an equally devastating upheaval in the Civil War. Confer illustrates how the Cherokee Nation, with its sovereign status and distinct culture, had a wartime experience unlike that of any other group of people--and suffered perhaps the greatest losses of land, population, and sovereignty. No one questions the horrific impact of the Civil War on America, but few realize its effect on American Indians. Residents of Indian Territory found the war especially devastating. Their homeland was beset not only by regular army operations but also by guerillas and bushwhackers. Complicating the situation even further, Cherokee men fought for the Union as well as the Confederacy and created their own "brothers' war" (199 pages, 8.75” x 5.75”, Hardcover) – Item #143