1st and 2nd Regiments of Creek Mounted Volunteers

1st and 2nd Regiments of Creek Mounted Volunteers. Honey Springs Battlefield. The 1st Regiment of Creek Mounted Volunteers was organized in August 1861 under the command of Col. Daniel N. McIntosh. The regiment saw action at Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, and Van Buren in Arkansas, and Round Mountain, Chusto-Talasah, Chustenahlah, Webbers Falls, Greenleaf Prairie, and Cabin Creek in Indian Territory before being engaged at Honey Springs., Col. Chilly McIntosh organized the 2nd Regiment of Creek Mounted Volunteers in October 1862. As a regiment they fought at Old Fort Wayne and Greenleaf Prairie in Indian Territory before seeing action at Honey Springs. In his speech to the troops before the battle, McIntosh told his men:, When you first saw the light, it was said of you a man child is born. You must prove today whether or not this saying of you was true. The sun that hangs over our heads has no death -no end of days. It will continue indefinitely to rise and to set. But with you it is different. Man must die sometime and since he must die he can find no nobler death than that which overtakes him while fighting for his home, his fires, and his country." , Col. Chilly McIntosh, , 2nd Creek Mounted Rifles, CSA, [Captions: L to R] , Pvt. John Gibson, , Co H, 1st Creek Regiment, CSA, Col. Chilly McIntosh, Commanding , 2nd Creek Regiment, CSA, Capt. George W. Grayson, , Co K, 2nd Creek Regiment, CSA , (Courtesy Smithsonian Institution), Lt. Col. Pink Hawkins , 1st Creek Regiment, CSA , (Courtesy Smithsonian Institution)