[Repeal The 17th]

“Did you know that Confederate Brigadier Gen. Stand Watie,
an American Indian, held the highest rank on either side,
Union or Confederate?”
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HEY!
They are talking about your namesake over here!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***“Did you know that Confederate Brigadier Gen. Stand Watie,
an American Indian, held the highest rank on either side,***

He was also the last General to surrender his troops. the Stand Watie Memorial Highway is just a few miles West from here.

[packrat35]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_Watie

[stand watie]

YEP. i received a PM to that effect.

THANKS.

btw, i'm just the General's "mule-holder".

free dixie,sw