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[4CJ] Confederate Brig. Gen. Stand Watie surrendered his troops 23 Jun 1865

I believe this is in error. I believe General Stand Watie never surrendered. There was a cessation of hostilities, without surrender.

GENERAL STAND WATIE
TREATY FOR CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES

Treaty stipulations made and entered into this 23d day of June, A. D. 1865, near Doaksville, Choctaw Nation, between Lieut. Col. A. C. Matthews and W. H. Vance, U. S.Volunteers, commissioners appointed by Major-General Herron, U. S. Army, on part of the military author­ities of the United States, and Brigadier-General Stand Watie, gov­ernor and principal chief of that part of the Cherokee Nation lately allied with the Confederate States in acts of hostility against the Government of the United States, as follows, to wit:

Article I. All acts of hostilities on the part of both armies having ceased (by virtue of a convention entered into on the 26th day of May, A. D. 1865, between Maj. Gen. E. E. S. Canby, U. S. Army, command­ing Military Division of West Mississippi, and General E. Kirby Smith, C. S. Army, commanding Trans-Mississippi Department), the Indians of the Cherokee Nation here represented, lately allied with the Confed­erate States in acts of hostilities against the Government of the United States, do agree at once to return to their respective homes, and there remain at peace with the United States, and offer no indignity what­ever, or commit any acts of hostilities against the whites, or Indians of the various tribes who have been friendly to or engaged in the service of the United States during the war.

Art. II. It is stipulated by the undersigned, commissioners on the part of the United States, that so long as the Indians aforesaid observe the provisions of Article I of this agreement, they shall be protected by the U. S. authorities in their person and property, not only from encroachments on the part of the whites, but also from the Indians who have been engaged in the service of the United States.

Art. III. The above articles of agreement to remain and be in force and effect until the meeting of the grand council, to meet at Arm­strong Academy, Choctaw Nation, on the 1st day of September, A. D. 1865, and until such time as the proceeding of said grand council shall be ratified by the proper authorities both of the Cherokee Nation and the United States.

In testimony whereof the said Lieut. Col. A. C. Matthews and Adjt. W. H. Vance, commissioners on part of the United States, and Brig. Gen. Stand Watie, governor and principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, have hereunto set their hands and seals.

A. G. MATTHEWS, Lieut. Col., U. S. Vols.,
W. H. VANCE, Adjutant, U. S. Volunteers,
Commissioners.

STAND WATIE, Brig. Gen., Governor, and Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation.

June 23, 1865.

In addition to the within obligations, it is also stipulated and agreed between the parties to the within agreement that the provisions of the within treaty extend to and be carried out by the Seminoles, Creeks, and Osages, and that all hostilities in their respective nations against the United States cease at once.

A. C. MATTHEWS, Lieut. Col., U. S. Vols.,
W. H. VANCE, Adjutant, U. S. Volunteers, Commissioners.

STAND WATIE,
Brigadier-General, Commanding Indian Division.

[4CJ]

Kudos to Gen. Stand Watie!

[stand watie]

EXACTLY CORRECT!

neither the GENERAL, nor any of his force surrendered.they simply went home at the conclusion of the war,after a cease fire agreement.

had the damnyankees tried to force them to DIS-honor themselves & their tribe by SURRENDER,the guerrilla war would have gone on for a CENTURY. (the tribal forces could have held the Ozark,Winding Stair & the Ouachita Mountains FOREVER, with a thousand warriors!)

the guerrilla war in 1960-1974 RVN would have seemed like a picnic compared to what the Cherokee, Choctaw,Apache,Osage,Seminole,Creek,Chickasaw,Kiowa & other Indian nations could have/WOULD have done in the 1865-200? period!

free dixie,sw

[cyborg]

GOOD FIND!!!! I think I'll spend time reading this thread at work instead of helping people :)

[stand watie]

BTW,the SEMINOLE Nation NEVER signed the treaty (or any other treaty after @1830!)and thus are STILL at WAR with the USA!

free dixie,sw

[lentulusgracchus]

Interesting post. It certainly appears that the Cherokee Braves and the other Indian Nations serving in the CSA did not, in fact, surrender, and are entitled perforce to display their colors to this day.

Let's see if some school board can try to get over that!

Also, one suspects that Edmund Kirby-Smith may not have "surrendered", either. The Confederate formations in Texas, which had been ordered to concentrate near Houston on the 18th or 19th of May, disbanded or simply went home without orders or documents of any kind, on or about the 20th, from their encampment there. Jonathan Shelby led a cavalry column across the Rio Grande, sinking his colors in the sand of the river bottom (except for one color, which its colorbearer went back and retrieved, and which is preserved to this day as a rare unsurrendered Confederate color).