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Confederacy, (Military Related) Brigadier General Stand Watie. Cover addressed to "Brig Gen Stand Watie, Comdg- Div. In. Terry (Commanding, Division Indian Territory), Boggy Depot, CN", and has a manuscript "Lampasas (Texas), April 17, 1865" postmark with a manuscript "Pd 10" rate, envelope endorsed "Official Business" in the upper right, reduced at left just affecting manuscript postmark, Very Fine, a very rare usage, ex-Bleuler (Pictured in Monroe Book, pg. 44). Estimate $500 - 750.
Brigadier General Stand Watie was the son of a full-blooded Cherokee father and half-blood mother. He attended an Indian mission school and became a planter. Later, he ran a Cherokee newspaper with his brother. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he commanded the 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles with the rank of Colonel. Active as a cavalry raider, he commanded his troops at Wilson's Creek, Pea Ridge, and in many skirmishes in the Indian Territory and Arkansas. In May 1864, he was promoted to Brigadier General and commanded all Indian forces. He finally surrendered to Union forces on June 23, 1865, at Doaksville, Choctaw Nation. His command was the last Confederate force to surrender. Brigadier General Stand Watie was the only Indian General in the Confederate States Army.
Notwithstanding there were 28 post offices in the Indian Nations, Confederate States covers from and/or to post offices in the Indian Nations are very rare.
Realized: $2,000