[PAR] [TLE] Ambush of the steamboat J. R. Williams [SEP] The ambush of the steamboat "J.R. Williams" was a military engagement during the American Civil War.  It took place on May 10, 1864 on the Arkansas River in Indian Territory which became encompassed by the State of Oklahoma.  It is popularly termed the "only naval battle" in that landlocked state.  It was a successful Confederate attack on the Union Army's lines of supply.  The Confederate forces were Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Creek Indians led by General Stand Watie, who was a Cherokee. [PAR] [TLE] Stand Watie [SEP] Stand Watie (Cherokee: ᏕᎦᏔᎦ , "Degataga ", 'Stand firm' ) (December 12, 1806 – September 9, 1871) — also known as Standhope Uwatie, Tawkertawker, and Isaac S. Watie — was a leader of the Cherokee Nation, and not only a brigadier general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, but the only Native American general of the Confederate Army.  He commanded the Confederate Indian cavalry of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi, made up mostly of Cherokee, Muskogee and Seminole, and was the final Confederate general in the field to cease hostilities at war's end.
[PAR] [TLE] Ambush of the steamboat J. R. Williams [ SEP ] The ambush of the steamboat " J.R. Williams " was a military engagement during the American Civil War . It took place on May 10 , 1864 on the Arkansas River in Indian Territory which became encompassed by the State of Oklahoma . It is popularly termed the " only naval battle " in that landlocked state . It was a successful Confederate attack on the Union Army 's lines of supply . The Confederate forces were Cherokee , Chickasaw , Choctaw and Creek Indians led by General Stand Watie , who was a Cherokee . [PAR] [TLE] Stand Watie [ SEP ] Stand Watie ( Cherokee : ᏕᎦᏔᎦ , " Degataga " , ' Stand firm ' ) ( December 12 , 1806 – September 9 , 1871 ) — also known as Standhope Uwatie , Tawkertawker , and Isaac S. Watie — was a leader of the Cherokee Nation , and not only a brigadier general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War , but the only Native American general of the Confederate Army . He commanded the Confederate Indian cavalry of the Army of the Trans - Mississippi , made up mostly of Cherokee , Muskogee and Seminole , and was the final Confederate general in the field to cease hostilities at war 's end .
Which leader of the Cherokee Nation led Confederate forces in the ambush of the steamboat "J.R. Williams"?
Which leader of the Cherokee Nation led Confederate forces in the ambush of the steamboat " J.R. Williams " ?
Stand Watie
Stand Watie