the union won the civil war, not the yankees or confederates.
the union won the civil war, not the yankees or confederates.
who won the civil war yankees or confederates?
the union
during the american civil war, the politics of the five tribes were divergent. the choctaw and chickasaw fought predominantly alongside the confederates while the creek and seminole fought alongside the union. the cherokee fought a civil war within their own nation between the majority confederates and the minority, pro-union camps. as an element in reconstruction after the civil war, new reconstruction treaties were signed with the indigenous nations that had entered into treaties with the confederate states of america. the civil war was not good to the tribes. the first three battles of the civil war were fought in indian territory, with some tribes joining treaties with the confederates, and others with the union.
five civilized tribes
the irish confederates: formed in october 1642, the confederation of kilkenny was initially a rebel irish catholic movement, fighting against the english troops sent to put down the rebellion, though they insisted they were at war with the king's advisers and not with charles himself. they also had to fight the scottish army that landed in ulster. from 1642 to 1649, the confederates controlled most of ireland except for east and west ulster, cork city and dublin. a cessation was arranged with the royalists in 1643 after the outbreak of civil war in england and negotiations began to bring the confederates into the english conflict on the royalist side. a strongly catholic faction under the influence of the irish bishops and nuncio rinuccini emerged in 1646, which opposed signing a peace treaty that did not recognise the position of the catholic church in ireland or return confiscated catholic land. when this faction ousted the confederate 'peace party' or pro-royalists, the confederates once again clashed with the english royalists, who abandoned most of their positions in ireland to the parliamentarians during 1646. however, after fresh negotiations, an alliance was arranged between the royalists and confederates in 1648. some confederates (most notably the ulster army) were however opposed to this treaty initiating a brief irish catholic civil war in 1648 in which the ulster confederate army was supported by the english parliament.
irish confederate wars