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This is the first battle where White and black troops fought side by side...
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The First Battle of Cabin Creek took place on July 1 through July 2, 1863, in Mayes County, Oklahoma during the American Civil War. The Confederate forces under Colonel Stand Watie attempted to ambush a Union supply convoy led by Colonel James Monroe Williams. Williams was alerted to the attack and, despite the waters of the creek being swelled by rain, made a successful attack upon the entrenched Confederate position and forced them to flee. The raid by a Confederate Army detachment on a Union Army supply train bound for Fort Gibson in July 1863 failed to stop the Union detachment, which enabled the Union to succeed in winning the Battle of Honey Springs later that month. The battle was the first in which African American troops fought side-by-side with their white comrades.
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The action made possible the continuation of a Union force in the Indian territory, allowing the later victories at Honey Springs and Fort Smith.[3] Soon after the battle the Union established defensive outposts along the Texas Road, including one at the Cabin Creek crossing.[1] The battle has the distinction of being the first in which African American soldiers (the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry) fought alongside white troops.[1] A monument to the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry was erected on the battlefield on 7 July 2007.
First Battle of Cabin Creek - Wikipedia
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The First Battle of Cabin Creek took place on July 1 through July 2, 1863, in Mayes County, Oklahoma during the American Civil War. The Confederate forces under Colonel Stand Watie attempted to ambush a Union supply convoy led by Colonel James Monroe Williams. Williams was alerted to the attack and, despite the waters of the creek being swelled by rain, made a successful attack upon the entrenched Confederate position and forced them to flee. The raid by a Confederate Army detachment on a Union Army supply train bound for Fort Gibson in July 1863 failed to stop the Union detachment, which enabled the Union to succeed in winning the Battle of Honey Springs later that month. The battle was the first in which African American troops fought side-by-side with their white comrades.
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The action made possible the continuation of a Union force in the Indian territory, allowing the later victories at Honey Springs and Fort Smith.[3] Soon after the battle the Union established defensive outposts along the Texas Road, including one at the Cabin Creek crossing.[1] The battle has the distinction of being the first in which African American soldiers (the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry) fought alongside white troops.[1] A monument to the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry was erected on the battlefield on 7 July 2007.