Massacre at Poison Spring - first (or second) hand references?

[Cracker Bushwhacker]

I recently read a claim on CivilWarTalk that it was Watie's Indians that committed the scalping, which makes sense for obvious reasons, but the post also explained the Indians particularly hated the black soldiers because the black soldiers were the ones the Union sent to occupy Indian Territory.

Can anyone quote any references to who carried out the alleged atrocities at Poison Spring?

 

[SWMODave]

Not sure if this is helpful to you - I can be of no assistance as this is not an incident I have studied in depth https://civilwartalk.com/threads/battle-at-poison-spring.26043/

And welcome aboard

 

[JOHN42768]

Welcome, enjoy

 

[Philip Leigh]

I recently read a claim on CivilWarTalk that it was Watie's Indians that committed the scalping, which makes sense for obvious reasons, but the post also explained the Indians particularly hated the black soldiers because the black soldiers were the ones the Union sent to occupy Indian Territory.

Can anyone quote any references to who carried out the alleged atrocities at Poison Spring?

Confederate forces in the Indian Territory during the spring of 1864 included two Indian cavalry brigades. The First Brigade was commanded by Colonel Stand Waite but they were not at Poison Springs. It was Colonel Tandy Walker's Second Brigade that participated in the battle.

Walker's Choctaws and Chickasaws were particularly vengeful toward the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry because the federal unit was instrumental in earlier driving the Choctaws from their homes, killing their families, and ravaging the Choctaw nation. When Walker's troops discovered that the Union forage wagons at Poison Springs included clothing for women and children stolen from helpless civilians, it reminded them of the 1st Kansas's atrocities back in the Indian Territory thereby amplifying their rage.

As a result some of the First Kansas were executed and scalped.

Source: Dean A Bohlender, "The Battle of Poison Springs Arkansas"

 

[Cracker Bushwhacker]

Confederate forces in the Indian Territory during the spring of 1864 included two Indian cavalry brigades. The First Brigade was commanded by Colonel Stand Waite but they were not at Poison Springs. It was Colonel Tandy Walker's Second Brigade that participated in the battle.

Walker's Choctaws and Chickasaws were particularly vengeful toward the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry because the federal unit was instrumental in earlier driving the Choctaws from their homes, killing their families, and ravaging the Choctaw nation. When Walker's troops discovered that the Union forage wagons at Poison Springs included clothing for women and children stolen from helpless civilians, it reminded them of the 1st Kansas's atrocities back in the Indian Territory thereby amplifying their rage.

As a result some of the First Kansas were executed and scalped.

Source: Dean A Bohlender, "The Battle of Poison Springs Arkansas"

thank you!!! that was exactly what i was looking for