| LC control no. | n 85103952 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Watie, Stand, 1806-1871 |
| Variant(s) | Uwatie, Standhope, 1806-1871 Watie, Isaac, 1806-1871 Degataga, 1806-1871 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1806-12-12 |
| Death date | 1871-09-02 |
| Place of birth | Calhoun (Ga.) |
| Place of death | Delaware County (Okla.) |
| Profession or occupation | Confederate general Principal chief of the Cherokee Nation |
| Found in | Stand Watie, 1984: p. 2 (Brig. Genl. Stand Watie; b. Dec. 12,1806; son of Oo-Wa-tie and Susanna) p. 14 (d. Sept. 2, 1871) NUC, 1980 (hdg.: Watie, Stand, 1806-1871) Wikipedia, Nov. 4, 2011 (Stand Watie; b. December 12, 1806 in Calhoun, Georgia; d. September 9, 1871, Delaware County, Oklahoma; name given at birth: Degataga (Cherokee name meaning: Stand Firm), later changed to Standhope Uwatie, and to Isaac Watie; he preferred the English translation of his Cherokee name. A leader of the Cherokee Nation and a brigadier general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, he commanded the Confederate Indian cavalry of the Army of the Trans-Mississippi, made up mostly of Cherokee, Muskogee and Seminole. On June 23, 1865, Watie signed a cease-fire agreement with Union representatives for his command, he was the last Confederate general in the field to surrender) |
| Associated language | eng |
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