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1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles | |
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Active | 1861–1865 |
Disbanded | June 23, 1865 |
Country | Confederate States |
Allegiance | Cherokee Nation |
Branch | Army |
Type | Mounted Rifles |
Size | Regiment |
Part of | 1st 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.