The Battle Of Cabin Creek
A circle drive loop within the 10 acre park next to the creek provides access to monuments and signage telling the story of the battle.
The battle of cabin creek. Both the first and second battles of cabin creek were launched by the confederate army to disrupt union army supply trains. Cabin creek battlefield a confederate force of 2 000 mainly gen stand watie s indian brigade intercepted a union supply train en route from kansas to ft. Author steven l warren has written a fascinating history of this battle titled the second battle of cabin creek which was between union troops guarding and traveling on an important wagon train and the confederate soldiers under generals richard gano and the famous cherokee confederate general stand waite who was the last confederate general to surrender after appomattox.
The battlefield the cabin creek battlefield is 2 miles north of pensacola oklahoma on battle site road. Two american civil war military engagements were fought at the cabin creek battlefield in the cherokee nation within indian territory. Please call or write for dates and times of the next triennial re enactment.
The second battle of cabin creek began at 1 a m. The location was where the texas road crossed cabin creek near the present day town of big cabin oklahoma. The cabin creek battlefield is the site of two important engagements between union and confederate forces in indian territory during the civil war.
The site is located along the texas road a historic trail from kansas to texas near the ford that crosses the creek. The first battle of cabin creek took place on july 1 through july 2 1863 in mayes county oklahoma during the american civil war. Until then you can visit the battle site which is open daily.
The second battle in september 1864 is described by two markers in the area. A confederate force under col. The first was a raid by a confederate army detachment on a union army supply train bound for fort gibson in july 1863.
The mules bolted and many fell off the bank into cabin creek. Stand watie failed to capture a federal wagon train on the texas road en route from kansas to fort gibson. The confederate forces under colonel stand watie attempted to ambush a union supply convoy led by colonel james monroe williams.