A Civil War veteran, member of the Indian Home Guards. The Indian Home Guard were volunteer infantry regiments recruited from the Five Civilized Tribes of Indian Territory to support the Union during the American Civil War. The leaders of all of the Five Civilized Tribes signed treaties with the Confederacy at the start of the Civil War. Many of the tribal members, however, did not support the Confederacy, and, not being organized, were driven from Indian Territory with a large loss of life. Most fled to Kansas and Missouri. Many of the "Loyal" Indians volunteered for Union duty in order to get control back from the Confederate generals. The Indian Home Guard regiments fought mostly in Indian Territory and Arkansas. It was mainly due to these Loyal Indians that the Five Civilized Tribes were able to retain any of their lands following the end of the Civil War.
The medal in the flowers section is the Civil War Campaign medal; first authorized in 1905 for the fortieth anniversary of the Civil War's conclusion. The blue and gray ribbon denotes the respective uniform colors of the U.S. and Confederate troops. The Army Civil War Campaign Medal was established by the United States War Department on January 21, 1907, by General Orders Number 12. To qualify, a soldier had to serve between April 15, 1861, and April 9, 1865. The award was intended for both Union and Confederate soldiers. When it was discovered that medal qualifications included the words Active Federal Military Service, the Congressional Act of 1945 had those words removed. Confederate flags would use the campaign streamers with the Gray edge up and the Union flags with the blue edge up. The campaign lettering requires two distinct sets of streamers for each campaign, one set for each side. The closing date was extended to August 20, 1866, date of President Johnson's Proclamation ending the war. The corresponding Navy Civil War Medal was established on June 27, 1908, by the Navy Department.
But Lincoln England's greater claim to fame was that he survived a horrendous gunfight in the old west. At the time it occurred, he was the future son-in-law of prominent Cherokee Archibald Scraper, (who has a memorial on FAG) who was the foreman of the jury for the trial of Ezekiel Proctor, which was being held at Whitmire School near the present-day community of Christie, Oklahoma in Adair County. Fearing lack of appropriate "result" from the Indian Trial Court, U.S. Marshals arrived at the trial to wait for the outcome of the trial, and to arrest Proctor if he was found innocent. This happened on April 15, 1872. At the time it was Indian Territory. Something went very wrong (versions of the event vary greatly between the official government version and the Indian version) and gunfire broke out between the Cherokees and the Marshals.
He was serving as a guard at the heated trial, which was being held there being viewed as a more secure alternative to the courthouse.
The tragedy became known as the "Goingsnake Massacre," and it accounted for, and remains, the largest single loss of U.S. Marshals in one single incident.
The medal in the flowers section is the Civil War Campaign medal; first authorized in 1905 for the fortieth anniversary of the Civil War's conclusion. The blue and gray ribbon denotes the respective uniform colors of the U.S. and Confederate troops. The Army Civil War Campaign Medal was established by the United States War Department on January 21, 1907, by General Orders Number 12. To qualify, a soldier had to serve between April 15, 1861, and April 9, 1865. The award was intended for both Union and Confederate soldiers. When it was discovered that medal qualifications included the words Active Federal Military Service, the Congressional Act of 1945 had those words removed. Confederate flags would use the campaign streamers with the Gray edge up and the Union flags with the blue edge up. The campaign lettering requires two distinct sets of streamers for each campaign, one set for each side. The closing date was extended to August 20, 1866, date of President Johnson's Proclamation ending the war. The corresponding Navy Civil War Medal was established on June 27, 1908, by the Navy Department.
But Lincoln England's greater claim to fame was that he survived a horrendous gunfight in the old west. At the time it occurred, he was the future son-in-law of prominent Cherokee Archibald Scraper, (who has a memorial on FAG) who was the foreman of the jury for the trial of Ezekiel Proctor, which was being held at Whitmire School near the present-day community of Christie, Oklahoma in Adair County. Fearing lack of appropriate "result" from the Indian Trial Court, U.S. Marshals arrived at the trial to wait for the outcome of the trial, and to arrest Proctor if he was found innocent. This happened on April 15, 1872. At the time it was Indian Territory. Something went very wrong (versions of the event vary greatly between the official government version and the Indian version) and gunfire broke out between the Cherokees and the Marshals.
He was serving as a guard at the heated trial, which was being held there being viewed as a more secure alternative to the courthouse.
The tragedy became known as the "Goingsnake Massacre," and it accounted for, and remains, the largest single loss of U.S. Marshals in one single incident.
A Civil War veteran, member of the Indian Home Guards. The Indian Home Guard were volunteer infantry regiments recruited from the Five Civilized Tribes of Indian Territory to support the Union during the American Civil War. The leaders of all of the Five Civilized Tribes signed treaties with the Confederacy at the start of the Civil War. Many of the tribal members, however, did not support the Confederacy, and, not being organized, were driven from Indian Territory with a large loss of life. Most fled to Kansas and Missouri. Many of the "Loyal" Indians volunteered for Union duty in order to get control back from the Confederate generals. The Indian Home Guard regiments fought mostly in Indian Territory and Arkansas. It was mainly due to these Loyal Indians that the Five Civilized Tribes were able to retain any of their lands following the end of the Civil War.
The medal in the flowers section is the Civil War Campaign medal; first authorized in 1905 for the fortieth anniversary of the Civil War's conclusion. The blue and gray ribbon denotes the respective uniform colors of the U.S. and Confederate troops. The Army Civil War Campaign Medal was established by the United States War Department on January 21, 1907, by General Orders Number 12. To qualify, a soldier had to serve between April 15, 1861, and April 9, 1865. The award was intended for both Union and Confederate soldiers. When it was discovered that medal qualifications included the words Active Federal Military Service, the Congressional Act of 1945 had those words removed. Confederate flags would use the campaign streamers with the Gray edge up and the Union flags with the blue edge up. The campaign lettering requires two distinct sets of streamers for each campaign, one set for each side. The closing date was extended to August 20, 1866, date of President Johnson's Proclamation ending the war. The corresponding Navy Civil War Medal was established on June 27, 1908, by the Navy Department.
But Lincoln England's greater claim to fame was that he survived a horrendous gunfight in the old west. At the time it occurred, he was the future son-in-law of prominent Cherokee Archibald Scraper, (who has a memorial on FAG) who was the foreman of the jury for the trial of Ezekiel Proctor, which was being held at Whitmire School near the present-day community of Christie, Oklahoma in Adair County. Fearing lack of appropriate "result" from the Indian Trial Court, U.S. Marshals arrived at the trial to wait for the outcome of the trial, and to arrest Proctor if he was found innocent. This happened on April 15, 1872. At the time it was Indian Territory. Something went very wrong (versions of the event vary greatly between the official government version and the Indian version) and gunfire broke out between the Cherokees and the Marshals.
He was serving as a guard at the heated trial, which was being held there being viewed as a more secure alternative to the courthouse.
The tragedy became known as the "Goingsnake Massacre," and it accounted for, and remains, the largest single loss of U.S. Marshals in one single incident.
The medal in the flowers section is the Civil War Campaign medal; first authorized in 1905 for the fortieth anniversary of the Civil War's conclusion. The blue and gray ribbon denotes the respective uniform colors of the U.S. and Confederate troops. The Army Civil War Campaign Medal was established by the United States War Department on January 21, 1907, by General Orders Number 12. To qualify, a soldier had to serve between April 15, 1861, and April 9, 1865. The award was intended for both Union and Confederate soldiers. When it was discovered that medal qualifications included the words Active Federal Military Service, the Congressional Act of 1945 had those words removed. Confederate flags would use the campaign streamers with the Gray edge up and the Union flags with the blue edge up. The campaign lettering requires two distinct sets of streamers for each campaign, one set for each side. The closing date was extended to August 20, 1866, date of President Johnson's Proclamation ending the war. The corresponding Navy Civil War Medal was established on June 27, 1908, by the Navy Department.
But Lincoln England's greater claim to fame was that he survived a horrendous gunfight in the old west. At the time it occurred, he was the future son-in-law of prominent Cherokee Archibald Scraper, (who has a memorial on FAG) who was the foreman of the jury for the trial of Ezekiel Proctor, which was being held at Whitmire School near the present-day community of Christie, Oklahoma in Adair County. Fearing lack of appropriate "result" from the Indian Trial Court, U.S. Marshals arrived at the trial to wait for the outcome of the trial, and to arrest Proctor if he was found innocent. This happened on April 15, 1872. At the time it was Indian Territory. Something went very wrong (versions of the event vary greatly between the official government version and the Indian version) and gunfire broke out between the Cherokees and the Marshals.
He was serving as a guard at the heated trial, which was being held there being viewed as a more secure alternative to the courthouse.
The tragedy became known as the "Goingsnake Massacre," and it accounted for, and remains, the largest single loss of U.S. Marshals in one single incident.
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