Second Battle of Cabin Creek

Second Battle of Cabin Creek
Part of American Civil War
Date September 19, 1864 (160 years ago) (1864-09-19) Location Cabin Creek, Cherokee Nation (present-day Mayes County, Oklahoma) 36°29′20.5″N 95°07′22.3″W / 36.489028°N 95.122861°W / 36.489028; -95.122861 Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
Confederate States	United States (Union)
Commanders and leaders
Richard M. Gano Stand Watie	Henry Hopkins
Units involved
5th Texas Cavalry Brigade 1st Indian Brigade	Detachments of the 2d Kansas Cavalry, 6th Kansas Cavalry, 14th Kansas Cavalry, 2d Indian and 3d Indian regiments
Strength
2,000 cavalry and 6 guns	150 mounted and 470 dismounted cavalry
Casualties and losses
9 dead and 38 wounded	35 dead, wounded or missing
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Cabin Creek class=notpageimage| Location within Oklahoma

The Second Battle of Cabin Creek was part of a plan conceived by Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie, who had been promoted from colonel after the First Battle of Cabin Creek. The plan was to have a Confederate force attack central Kansas from Indian Territory, raiding Union Army facilities and encouraging Indian tribes in Western Kansas to join in an attack on the eastern part of the state. Watie presented the plan to his superior, General S. B. Maxey on February 5, 1864. Maxey approved the plan on the condition that the attack would start by October 1, to coincide with an attack on Missouri already planned by General Sterling Price.^[1]

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