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About Stand Watie
Brigadier-General Stand Watie, also known as Standhope Uwatie and Isaac S. Watie, was a Cherokee politician who served as the second principal chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1862 to 1866. The Cherokee Nation allied with the Confederate States during the American Civil War, and he was subsequently the only Native American Confederate general officer. Watie commanded Indian forces in the Trans-Mississippi Theater, made up mostly of Cherokee, Muskogee, and Seminole. He was the last Confederate States Army general to surrender.
Everything about Stand Watie →- Occupation
- army officer, traditional leader or chief, politician
- Position held
- Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 12, 1806
- Died
- September 9, 1871