[Non-Sequitur]

But he was elected. The Davis/Stephens ticket finally submitted to an election about a year after they were appointed and to the best of my knowledge they won. If Stephens did not reflect the feelings of the majority of the southerners - and I'm not prepared to conceed that without some evidence - he surely reflected the views of the southern leadership which began the rebellion. These were the men that your ancestors fought for. Their cause would have been your ancestor's cause, too.

[stand watie]

MY ancestor fought MOSTLY for the LIBERTY of the Cherokee Nation;it was also then well-understood by all the allied tribes that Indian Liberty depended on the CSA's winning the war against the filth that came down from the north.

can you document that there was an election in 1862?

for dixie,sw