No one questions the horrific impact of the Civil War on America,
but few realize its effect on American Indians. Residents of Indian
Territory found the war especially devastating. Their homeland was
beset not only by regular army operations but also by guerillas and
bushwhackers. Complicating the situation even further, Cherokee men
fought for the Union as well as the Confederacy and created their
own "brothers' war."
This book offers a broad overview of the war as it affected the
Cherokees--a social history of a people plunged into crisis. "The
Cherokee Nation in the Civil War" shows how the Cherokee people,
who had only just begun to recover from the ordeal of removal,
faced an equally devastating upheaval in the Civil War. Clarissa W.
Confer illustrates how the Cherokee Nation, with its sovereign
status and distinct culture, had a wartime experience unlike that
of any other group of people--and suffered perhaps the greatest
losses of land, population, and sovereignty.
Confer examines decision-making and leadership within the tribe,
campaigns and soldiering among participants on both sides, and
elements of civilian life and reconstruction. She reveals how a
centuries-old culture informed the Cherokees' choices, with
influences as varied as matrilineal descent, clan affiliations,
economic distribution, and decentralized government combining to
distinguish the Native reaction to the war.
"The Cherokee Nation in the Civil War" recalls a people enduring
years of hardship while also struggling for their future as the
white man's war encroached on the physical and political integrity
of their nation.
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