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Rehearsal for Civil War: The Texas Cavalry in the Indian Territory, 1861 (open access)

Rehearsal for Civil War: The Texas Cavalry in the Indian Territory, 1861

Article explores the skirmishes led by Texas cavalry units and their Indian allies in the south that acted as a precursor for a much larger conflict, the Civil War. Douglas Hale investigates how loyalties to the different armies caused intertribal conflict and damage to Indian Territory.
Date: Autumn 1990
Creator: Hale, Douglas
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History