Cherokee Mounted Rifles
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Act of National Council Authorizing the Cherokee Regiment to Act as Indian Home Guard, November 3, 1863
Act of National Council signed by James Vann and B. jones, Tan-lah-lah and Allen Ross, and Acting Principle Chief Smith Christie authorizing Chief John Ross to secure change in organization of Cherokee Regiment to act as Indian Home Guard; Cites Stand Watie Raids. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1195
Draft Copy of Chief John Ross' Annual Message to National Council, October 9, 1861
Draft copy and copy of Chief John Ross' annual message to National Council which reviews recent events, describes Cherokee Mounted Regiment, and seeks ratification of treaty with Confederacy. (Moulton). Two folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on eight pages. Folder 1130
Draft Copy of Chief John Ross' annual message to National Council, October 9, 1861
Draft copy and copy of Chief John Ross' annual message to National Council which reviews recent events, describes Cherokee Mounted Regiment, and seeks ratification of treaty with Confederacy. (Moulton). Two folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on six pages. Folder 1130
Draft Copy of Letter from Cherokee Delegation to Secretary or War, May 25, 1864
Draft Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross to Secretary of War E. M. Stanton, November 8, 1862
Draft copy of letter from Chief John Ross to Secretary of War E. M. Stanton asking that Cherokee Regiment (Infantry) be made a Mounted Rifle Regiment and that a permanent force be established in Indian Territory. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1161
Letter Addressed 'Dear Sir' from Lieutenant Colonel Will Potter Ross, December 9, 1861
Letter addressed 'Dear Sir' from Lieutenant Colonel William Potter Ross reporting 'complete rupture of the Regiment, the desertion of most of the members, and the precipitate flight of all the officers' (Battle of Bird Creek). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto. Folder 1147
Letter from Huckleberry Downing and Tah-lah-lah to Chief John Ross, January 12, 1863
Letter from Nat Fisher and 22 others to Chief John Ross, January 23, 1863
Letter from Nat Fisher and 22 others near Maysville, Arkansas to Chief John Ross asking him to oppose removal of Colonel William A. Phillips as head of Indian Brigade. Attached is another letter from D. H. Ross to his uncle Chief John Ross. This concerns Colonel Weir's (Weer's) role in Colonel Phillips matter and family losses of property and by death. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three sides. Folder 1177
Letter from Smith Christie, Thomas Pegg, and William Potter Ross to Brigadier General McNeil, November 27, 1863
Letter from Smith Christie, Thomas Pegg, and William Potter Ross to Brigadier General McNeil reciting engagements participated in by Indian regiments, conditions in the Cherokee Nation, and seeking permission to raise a regiment of mounted men. Folded sheets of paper with handwritten text in ink on ten pages. Folder 1202
Letter from Smith Christie, Thomas Pegg, and William Potter Ross to Brigadier General McNeil, November 27, 1863
Letter from Smith Christie, Thomas Pegg, and William Potter Ross to Brigadier General McNeil reciting engagements participated in by Indian regiments, conditions in the Cherokee Nation, and seeking permission to raise a regiment of mounted men. Folder 1202.