Indian cavalry

Indian cavalry is the name collectively given to the Midwestern and Eastern American Indians who fought during the American Civil War, most of them on horseback and for the Confederate States of America.

Indian units in the CS Armed forces

The Cherokee Braves Flag, as flown by Stand Watie.

The Choctaw Nation Flag, adopted in 1860 and carried by the tribal brigades.

1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles – Col. (later Brigadier) Stand Watie, Col. John Drew
Thomas' Legion / 69th North Carolina Infantry – Col. William H. Thomas
Scales'/Fry's Battalion of Cherokee Cavalry
Meyer's Battalion of Cherokee Cavalry
Cherokee Battalion of Infantry
2nd Cherokee Artillery Battery
Livingston's Cherokee Spikes [1]

1st Regiment of Chickasaw Infantry
1st Regiment of Chickasaw Cavalry – Col. William L. Hunter
1st Battalion, Chickasaw Cavalry (Shecoe's Btln., Chickasaw Mounted Volunteers) – Lt. Col. Joseph D. Harris, Lt. Col. Lemuel M. Reynolds, Lt. Col. Martin Shecoe

1st Regiment Choctaw & Chickasaw Mounted Rifles – Col. (later Brigadier) Douglas H. Cooper
1st Regiment of Choctaw Mounted Rifles
2nd Regiment of Choctaw Cavalry
3rd Regiment of Choctaw Cavalry
Deneale's Regiment of Choctaw Warriors
Folsom's Battalion of Choctaw Mounted Rifles
Wilkins' Company of Choctaw Infantry – Cpt. John Wilkins

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