Dublin Core
Title
1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry
Contributor
MatthewMason
Language
English
Type
Site
Identifier
2171
Extent
m x m x m
Spatial Coverage
current,36.48892,-95.12107;
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1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/1st_Kansas_Colored_Volunteer_Infantry
Monument Type
Plaque
Inscription
"First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry
79th U.S.C.T.
First Battle of Cabin Creek, 1863 The First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry was the first Black unit to engage in battle in the Civil War. On July 2, 1863, while escorting a wagon train bound for Fort Gibson, the First Kansas Colored was attacked here by Stand Watie's Confederates where the Texas Road crossed Cabin Creek. After a Union artillery barrage the First Kansas Colored, supported by the 3rd Indian Home Guard, forded waist deep Cabin Creek under heavy small arms fire. Emerging with bayonets fixed, the First Kansas Colored secured the ford, forcing the Confederates to retreat."
Organisation
Oklahoma Historical Society, Civil War Trust
Affiliation
Union
Location Type
Battlefield