Brilliant Victory:The Second Civil War Battle of Cabin Creek, Indian Territory
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Brilliant Victory:
The Second Civil War Battle of Cabin Creek, Indian Territory
By Steven L. Warren
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$36.00
Get ready to ride on a raid with Stand Watie
with the release Steven L. Warren’s new book "Brilliant
Victory: The Second Civil War Battle of Cabin Creek, Indian Territory."
Warren’s book tells the entire story of the last Confederate offensive into
northern Indian Territory in September of 1864.
The book chronicles the successful raid led by Confederate brigadier generals
Richard M. Gano and Stand Watie. On September 19, 1864, their rag tag
force consisting of 2,000 Texas and Indian troops, surprised and captured a
Union supply train of 300 wagons, including 1,800 mules and horses at the Cabin
Creek station, Cherokee Nation. Watie and Gano’s men made it safely back
to the Confederate lines with 130 wagons filled with much need supplies and 740
mules. The captured supplies were later estimated to have been worth more
than $1.5 million in 1864 dollars. In a congratulatory order published in
October of 1864, Lieutenant General Edmund Kirby-Smith, the commander of all
Confederate forces west of the Mississippi River, noted the success of "one
of the most brilliant raids of the entire war." Watie, Gano and their
respective commands received a special commendation from the Confederate
Congress in January of 1865 for the capture of the wagon train.
Warren documents the events leading up to the capture of the wagon train at
Cabin Creek, including the battle at Flat Rock, which occurred north of
present-day Wagoner, Oklahoma. At Flat Rock, black soldiers of Company K,
First Kansas Colored Infantry were massacred by the bloodthirsty Confederate
troops.
The author also writes about the Union forces attempt to recapture the wagon
train at Pryor Creek. "It’s a great story," Warren said.
"It’s amazing what Watie and Gano’s men accomplished. The Texans
and Indians didn’t really trust one another, and yet they worked together to
go far behind enemy lines and capture a very valuable wagon train."
An recognized authority on the Civil War battles at Cabin Creek, Warren has made
presentations to historical and genealogical groups throughout Oklahoma, Kansas,
Arkansas and Washington state. Currently, Warren is writing a screenplay about the Cabin
Creek battle. This is his first book, but it’s not his first project on
the Civil War in Indian Territory. In 1992, Warren and Rick Harding of
Bartlesville, Oklahoma released the 90-minute television documentary "Last
Raid at Cabin Creek," which Warren wrote and co-produced. Videotapes
of the program have been sold to libraries across the country. The
videotape has also been successful in the home video market. The
documentary has won numerous awards, including recognition from the state of
Oklahoma. The program was added to the collection of the Smithsonian
Institution’s Museum of American History in 1998.
The book is hardback, 8½" by 11", 230 pages with photographs, maps, appendices and index,
ISBN
978-0-944619-66-7.
The book also features the partial war diary of Richard M. Gano, highlighting
his early service in the early Indian Wars on the Texas plains and as the
Lieutenant Colonel of the 7th Kentucky Cavalry, which was attached under General
John Hunt Morgan’s command.
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A 20-year veteran of the television industry, Warren is a descendant of both Union and Confederate veterans. He received his M.A. in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma in 1983 and his B.A. in Communications from the University of Tulsa in 1982. He is a 1978 graduate of Claremore High School, Claremore, Oklahoma. He is a member of the Oklahoma Historical Society, Civil War Preservation Trust, Friends of Cabin Creek Battlefield, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and the Friends of the Hunley. He and his wife Amy and their two daughters currently live in Spokane, Washington. |
The Cabin Creek Battlefield Park is located three and one-half miles north of Pensacola, Oklahoma from Oklahoma State Highway 28. The park is owned by the Oklahoma Historical Society and is maintained by the Friends of Cabin Creek Battlefield, Inc., a local volunteer group. The park is open from daylight to dusk, 365 days a year. The park is host to reenactment enthusiasts every three years as a rotating program sponsored by the Oklahoma Historical Society (next reenactment 2010).
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Also Available:
ADDVD1-$36.00 (Special Order) Last Raid at Cabin Creek DVD - researched, written, & produced by Steve Warren. This popular documentary was originally available in VHS tape format but is no longer. After being unavailable for quite some time, we are happy to be able to offer this in DVD format.
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