Rentiesville in McIntosh County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)
Five Civilized Tribes in the Battle of Honey Springs
Photographed by Michael Manning, August 24, 2011
1. Five Civilized Tribes in the Battle of Honey Springs Marker
Federal Forces:
First Indian Home Guard (Cherokee)
Second Indian Home Guard (Cherokee)
Confederate Forces:
First Choctaw Regiment
Second Choctaw Regiment
First Chickasaw and Choctaw Regiment
Cherokee Regiment
First Creek Regiment
Second Creek Regiment Seminole Battalion
Erected 1987 by The Intertribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • War, US Civil.
Location. 35° 31.819′ N, 95° 29.161′ W. Memorial is in Rentiesville, Oklahoma, in McIntosh County. It is on 11th Street 0.6 miles north of Gertrude Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Rentiesville OK 74459, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Oklahoma’s Muscogee Nation and specifically in the Cherokee Nation. It is also in the American South, specifically on the prairies, and on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 1st Regiment Kansas Colored Volunteers (here, next to this marker); Union Soldiers (here, next to this marker); Confederate Soldiers (here, next to this marker); Texas Monument (here, next to this marker); How We Know What We Know · Soldiers' Letters (a few steps
this page online
More about this memorial. This marker is one of five at the Honey Springs Battlefield Park interpretive shelter.
Photographed by Michael Manning
2. Original Battle of Honey Springs Memorial Area
Five Civilized Tribes in the Battle of Honey Springs marker is the fourth from the right.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 31, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 5, 2012, by Michael Manning of Woodlawn, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,503 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on February 5, 2012, by Michael Manning of Woodlawn, Tennessee. 2. submitted on August 23, 2014, by Michael Manning of Woodlawn, Tennessee. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
