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THIS FIRST BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR IN INDIAN TERRITORY BEGAN 6 MILES SOUTH, NOV 19, 1861, WHEN COL. D.H. COOPER'S CONFEDERATE VANGUARD WAS REPULSED BY LITTLE CAPTAIN'S WARRIORS FROM OPOTHLEYAHOLA'S INDIAN ALLIES MOVING NORTH OF ARK. RIVER TO AVOID WAR.
THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE UNION SOLDIERS WHO BRAVELY FOUGHT AND DIED HERE ON JULY 17,1863. MAJOR GENERAL JAMES G. BLUNT BEGAN MOVING 3,000 UNION TROOPS SOUTH ON THE TEXAS ROAD ON JULY 15 TO PREVENT A CONFEDERATE ATTACK ON FORT GIBSON ...
PVT. JAMES DUNLAVY, A MEMBER OF THE 3RD IOWA CAVALRY, WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR CAPTURING CONFEDERATE MAJOR GENERAL JOHN MARMADUKE ON OCTOBER 25, 1864 A THE BATTLE OF MINE CREEK IN KANSAS. THIS WAS A LARGE SCALE CAVALRY BATTLE WHERE BOTH PVT. DUN ...