1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

The 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles was a Confederate States Army regiment which fought in the Indian Territory during the American Civil War.

Reenactors

A unit portraying the 1st Mounted Rifles was organized in 1985.

ee also

* Indian cavalry

External links

* [http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/F&S1stCher.html Rooster of the regiment]
* [http://jimrobins.cherokee-online.com/recruit.php Reenactment unit]
* [http://thomaslegion.net/firstregimentofcherokeemountedvolunteers.html Unit history]


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