1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles
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1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles
Active1861–1865
DisbandedJune 23, 1865
Country Confederate States
AllegianceCherokee Nation
Branch Army
TypeMounted Rifles
SizeRegiment
Part of1st Indian Brigade
Nickname(s)"Cherokee Braves"
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The 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles (also known as the 1st Arkansas Cherokee Mounted Rifles and the "Cherokee Braves") was a cavalry formation of the Confederate States Army in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.