CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHRONOLOGY

DON’T MISS OUT ON THE GLORY: RECRUITMENT, ENLISTMENT, AND TRAINING

Confederate enlistment • Union enlistment • Training

THE MOUNTED RIFLEMAN: APPEARANCE

EQUIPMENT

IN THE ARMY: CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

Garrison life • Feuds • Rations and supplies

ON CAMPAIGN

Opothleyohola’s force • Stand Watie’s raids • Injury and capture

BELIEF AND BELONGING

Secret societies • Religion

WAR ON THE PLAINS: EXPERIENCE OF BATTLE

Opothleyohola’s campaigns • Indian fighting tactics • The ambush of the J.R.Williams

COLLECTING, MUSEUMS, AND RE-ENACTMENT

BIBLIOGRAPHY

COLOR PLATE COMMENTARY