Heroes of the South

those who gave their all to secure
equality under the law

 

God Save the South
Deo Vindice

 

History is clear, Latinos, American Indians and African American were among the first to take up arms for the Confederacy and were among the last to surrender. According to Fredrick Douglas a former slave and prominent abolitionist in a speech made in the fall of 1861: "There are at the present moment, many colored men in the Confederate Army doing duty...as real soldiers, having muskets on their shoulders and bullets in their pockets...." To that end, a black man named Sam Ashe killed the first Union officer (an abolitionist called Major Theodore Winthrop) during the War Between the States and the famed bridge engineer and former slave Horace King received naval contracts from the Confederate Congress for building Confederate warships. Further adding to the contributions of minorities to the cause for Southern Independence, American Indian Nations allied with the Confederacy “suffered a larger percent of losses than did any of the other states" in the Confederacy and along with Latinos were the last military units and civilian leaders of the Confederacy to surrender.

American Indians, African Americans and Latinos who supported the Confederate States of America joined their lots together with it in the fight for freedom from oppressive government dictates. They are the truest example of what it is to be a Southerner. Together they were united in the belief that the a more equal and diverse society could be created. Each man and woman regardless of their race, ethnicity or social standing individually did there part to desegregate every aspect of life in the Confederate States of America through the part they played in the Confederate military, the Southern medical and scientific communities and even high posts in the government of the Confederacy.

It is impossible to estimate the exact number of enlisted men of all races who served as soldiers in the Confederate Army. It is known that some 93,000 African American served the Southern cause during the war (including 25% of the free African American population as the time). Similar numbers have not been compiled for Latino and American Indian enlisted soldiers but the large number of American Indians and Latinos in the officer corps indicates that there were numbers of enlisted people whose belief in equality led them to do their part for the Cause. American Indians and Latinos integrated Confederate units even prior to the beginning of the War Between the States to be followed by numbers of African Americans who served as soldiers in “Biracial units” organized by local Confederate and State militia Commanders. The majority of the voluntary integration process had already taken place prior to the Confederacy’s decision to free all slaves who served in the military in March 1865. (Integration of the U.S. Army would not take place until the Korean War.)

 

American Indian and Latino Officers, Scientists, 

and Government Officials in the Service of 

the Confederate States of America

Lt. John Astooga Stoga, North Carolina Cherokee Battalion

Lt. Oscar Rodrigues, Castellanos' Batty., LA Artillery
Lt. Loretta Janeta Velázquez.–First female American military officer and first female Latin-American officer. Cuban woman who fought disguised as a Confederate soldier. The Woman in Battle is her account of her adventures as Lt. Harry Buford. Enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1860, fought at Bull Run, Ball's Bluff, Fort Donelson, and Shiloh until discovered and then took duty as a female and occasional spy.

Lt. Daniel Gonzalez, Confederate States Marine Corps (Savannah Station, CSS Macon, CSS Sampson)
1st Lt. Henry G. Fernandez, Co G, 11th Mississippi Infantry
1st Lt. John Fernandez, Co 5, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
1st Lt. S. J. Font, Co 2, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
1st Lt. Charles L. Francisco, Co I, 14th VA Cavalry
1st Lt. Jas. M. Garcia, Co H, 33rd TX Cavalry
1st Lt. Jose Maria Garcia, Co H, 33rd TX Cavalry
1st Lt. Valerio Garcia, Co 3, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
1st Lt. Joseph R. Garza, Co H, 17th TX Cons. Dismounted Cavalry
1st Lt. Joseph R. Garza, Co K, 6th TX Infantry
1st Lt. P. A. Gomez, Co C, 22nd LA Infantry
1st Lt. Jose Albarez, Co 1 5th Reg't, European Brigade, Louisiana Militia
1st Lt. C.A. Castillo, Co H, Orleans Guards, LA Militia
1st Lt. Jesus T. Castro, Co C, Ragesdales Battn., TX Cavarly
1st Lt. J. F. Castro, Co H, Bairds Reg't, TX Cavalry
1st Lt. Charles Arroyo, Co B, C.S. Zouave Battalion. LA
1st Lt. Feliz Arroyo, Co G, Orleans Guards Reg't, LA Militia
1st Lt. J. Barba, Co 1, European Brigade, LA Militia
1st Lt. John Cordero, Co A, 1st SC Infantry
1st Lt. G. Del Castillo, Co. 7 Chasseurs, LA Militia
1st Lt. Gabriel Corral, Co 8, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
1st Lt. Leonidas M. Martin, Co K, 6th TX Cavalry
1st Lt. R. Martinez, Caters Battn., TX Cavalry
1st Lt. Vicente Martinez, Co A, Ragsdale's Battn., TX Cavalry
1st Lt. Felix Gortari, Co. C, Benavides' Reg't, TX Cavalry
1st Lt. Felix Gortari, Co C 8th TX Infantry
1st Lt. Paul Gusman, Co F, 10th LA Infantry

1st Lt. Antonio Helizo, Co A, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
1st Lt. J. M. Hernandez, "LA Defenders"
1st Lt. E. Navarro, Co K, 6th/15th Cons. TX Infantry
1st Lt. Vicente Planellas, Cazadores Espanoles Reg't, Euro. Brigade, LA Militia
1st Lt. Andrew J. Pou, Co C, 1st Alabama Infantry
1st Lt. Antonio Robira, Co 4, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
1st Lt. L. Roca, Co. 3, Cazadores Espanoles Reg't, LA Militia
1st Lt. A.F. Santos, Co. H 12th VA Infantry
1st Lt. Eduardo Villa, Co. 6, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
1st Lt. Eduard Vivies, Co. H, 28th (Thomas') La Infantry
1st Lt. Bernardio S. Sanchez, Claghorn's Co., 1st (Olmsteads) GA Infantry

1st Lt Charles E Watie, 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

1st Lt Thomas F Anderson, 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

1st Lt Johnson Thompson, 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

1st Lt Joseph M Starr, Sr, 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

1st Lt Oliver W Lipe, 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

1st Lt Peter G Lynch, 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

1st Lt Samuel M Ware, 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

1st Lt Frederick Augustus Kerr, 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

1st Lt James S Vann, 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

1st Lt. Andrew J Greenway, Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

1st Lt. S T Fair, Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

1st Lt Saladin Ridge Watie, 1st Indian Brigade

1st Lt Richard F Martin Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

1st Lt. Charles C Reed, 1st (Holt’s) Squadron, Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

2nd Lt Michael L Coudon, Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

2nd Lt. Francis Baya, Co H, 2nd Florida Infantry
2nd Lt. Dormian Campo, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
2nd Lt. Anderas B. Canova, Co D, 1st Florida Infantry
2nd Lt. Paul B. Canova, Co G, 1st Florida Infantry Reserve
2nd Lt. Lorenzo Carbo, Co 8, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
2nd Lt. J. B. Cassanova, Co K 3rd Reg't, 2nd Brigade, LA Militia
2nd Lt. J.A. Cassanova, Co E, Orleans Guards Reg't, LA Militia
2nd Lt. Julien J. Acosta, Co I 8th Florida Infantry
2nd Lt. Erasmo J. Chaves, Co H, 8th TX Infantry
2nd Lt. E. J. Chavez, Co E, Benavides Reg't, TX Cavalry
2nd Lt. Rene E. Cortes, Tobin's Co., Tennessee Lt. Artillery
2nd Lt. John N. Cortinas, Co F, 3rd TX Cavalry
2nd Lt. Manuel De Bolle, Co D, 8th LA Infantry
2nd Lt. N. De La Zerda, Benavides Reg't, TX Cavalry
2nd Lt. Esteban Del Nodal, Jackson Rifle Battalion, LA Militia
2nd Lt. Eduardo Deu, Co 6, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
2nd Lt. Jerome Eslava, Mobile City Troops, Alabama
2nd Lt. Denis Fernandez, Co A Orleans Guards, LA Militia
2nd Lt. Juan Fernandez, Co 5, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
2nd Lt,. M. Francisco, Hert's Co., Alabama Militia
2nd Lt. A. Fornaris, Co 1, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
2nd Lt. Canazio Fraetas, Co E, 3rd VA Infantry
2nd Lt. Eugenio Garza, Co. I 33rd TX Cavalry
2nd Lt. Luciano Garza, Thomas' Co., TX Partisan Rangers
2nd Lt. J.A. Gonzales, Co A, Ogdens Cavalry, LA
2nd Lt. T. Gonzales, 9th (Nichols') TX Infantry
2nd Lt. Felix Nunez, Co B 18th Cons. LA Infantry
2nd Lt. Antonio Padilla, (Mexican Volunteer) C.S. Army, TX
2nd Lt. Joseph Pardo, Co. C, 15th LA Infantry
2nd Lt. Juan Parra, Co 5, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
2nd Lt. Samuel M. Pedro, Morris's Co., Ferguson's Battn., VA Cavalry
2nd Lt. Antonio Mercadal, Co 7, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
2nd Lt. M. Molina, Co D, 1st Battn., GA Militia
2nd Lt. Ceferino Monasteria, Cazadores Espanoles Reg't, LA Militia
2nd Lt. F. Mondragon, Co B, Benavides' Reg't TX Cavalry
2nd Lt. Franco Mondragon, Co H, Baird's Reg't, TX Cavaly
2nd Lt. Valentin Hamsen, Co A, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
2nd Lt. Joseph S. Hernandez, Co A, 26th GA Infantry
2nd Lt. Randolph Hernandez, Co A, 1st FL Infantry
2nd Lt. Florencio Liscero, Trevinio's Co., TX Cavalry
2nd Lt. Severin Herrero, Co G, 10th LA Infantry
2nd Lt. Antonio Madguer, Co 4, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
2nd Lt. Antonio Mariadal, Co. 7, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
2nd Lt. P. Marrero, Gomez's Co A, 22nd LA Infantry
2nd Lt. Orlando Martin, Co B, 1st (Yagers) TX Cavalry
2nd Lt. R. Martines, Co C, Cater's Battn., TX Cavalry
2nd Lt. R. Martinez, Co 2, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
2nd Lt. Celestino Moreno, Co G, 60th NC Infantry
2nd Lt. F. Moreno, Co A, Orleans Grds Reg't., LA Militia
2nd Lt. R. Reyes, 1st Native Guards, LA Militia
2nd Lt. Thomas Ribero, Co F, 28th Battn. GA Siege Artillery
2nd Lt. Hilaire Rivas, Co B., 8th LA Infantry
2nd Lt. Tomas Rodriguez, Co H, 8th TX Infantry
2nd Lt. Manuel H. Rogero, Co F, 9th FL Infantry
2nd Lt. Armand Ruiz, Co A, 30th LA Infantry
2nd Lt. Jacobo Salinas, Co I, 33rd TX Cavalry
2nd Lt. Juan Sanceda, Co C, 8th TX Infantry
2nd Lt. Antoine Sanchez, Landry's Co., Donaldsonville Artillery, LA
2nd Lt. Pedro Trevino, Co I, 33rd TX Cavalry
2nd Lt. Ydalecio Trevino, Rhodes Co., 3rd (Yagers) Battn., TX Cavalry
2nd Lt. A. Truxillo, Co F, Jeff Davis Reg't, LA Infantry
2nd Lt. Atanacio Vidanani, Co I, Benavides' Reg't, TX Cavalry
3rd Lt. F. Suarez, Co 1, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
3rd Lt. Antonio Barrera, Co. 5 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
3rd Lt. L. Castera, Co 2, 1st Chasseurs, LA Militia
3rd Lt. Edward Bermudez, Co 3, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
3rd Lt. Jose Bernal, Co 3, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
3rd Lt. C. Garcia, Co A 1st Reg't, 2nd Brigade, LA Militia
3rd Lt. H. H. De Leon, Eason's Co., 16th SC Militia Regiment
3rd Lt. Bernardo Heres, Co 4, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
3rd Lt. Alonzo C. Martin, Co A, 50th GA Infantry
3rd Lt. Eduardo Del Nodal, Co 8, 1st Chasseurs a pied, LA Militia
3rd Lt. Bernardo Rodriguez, Co 8, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
3rd Lt. Jose Salor, Co. 10, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
Capt. A. L. Gusman, Co A, 8th LA Infantry
Capt. T. M. Alonzo, Co. D, 4th Reg't, 1st Brig., Louisiana Militia
Capt. Jose Anguera, Co 3, Cazadores Espanoles Regiment, LA Militia
Capt. S. E. Navarro, Benavides' Reg't, TX Cavalry
Capt. Sexto Navarro, Co H, 8th TX Infantry
Capt. W. C. Nicolas, Co A, 3rd TX Infantry
Capt. Robert F. Nunez, Co. B, 7th FL Infantry
Capt. B. Otero, Otero's Titterton Guards, LA Militia
Capt. Joseph M. Penaloza, Co C, 8th TX Infantry
Capt. Magin Puig, Co 5, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
Capt. Jose Quintana, Co 4, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia Capt. John H. Lopez, Co B, 63rd GA Infantry
Capt. Pedro Lux, Co 7, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
Capt. Jayme Magi, Co 5/6, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
Capt. Pedro Cevallos, Co F, 3rd TX Infantry
Capt. J. Domingo, LA Defenders
Capt. S. G. Fabio, Co 1, Cazadores Espanoles Regiment, LA Militia
Capt. Domingo Fatjo, Co 5, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
Capt. E. A. Fernandez, Fernandez's Mounted Co. (Supply Force) Florida
Capt. F.  Fernandez, Co A, 1st Reg't, 2nd Brigade, LA Militia
Capt. Cristobal Benavides,  Co H, 33rd TX Cavalry
Capt. Refugio Benavides, Co I, 33rd TX Cavalry
Capt. J.B. Fleitas, Co B, C.S. Zouve Battalion, LA
Capt. J.B. Fleitas, Waul's Legion, TX
Capt. Robert L. Francisco, Co E, 4th VA Infantry
Capt. Manuel Fruch. Co 10, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
Capt. Thomas Gonzales, Hughes' Co., TX Lt. Artillery
Capt. C. Gonzalez, Co. H, 1st Florida Infantry
Capt. Jose Llado, Co I, Cazadores Espanoles Reg't, LA Militia
Capt. Angel Navarro, Co H, 8th TX Infantry
Capt. John J. Rivera, Co E, 6th LA Infantry
Capt. Thomas A. Rodriguez, Benavides' Reg't, TX Cavalry
Capt. Alex M. Ruiz, Co A, 3rd TX Infantry
Capt. Emile Ruiz, Co I, 4th Reg't, 1st Brigade, LA Militia
Capt. Lorenzo Trevinio, Trevinio's Co., TX Cavalry
Capt. Justo Trevino, Trevinio's Squadron, TX Partisan Mounted Volunteers
Capt. L. Trevino, Cater's Battn.m TX Cavalry
Capt. William Sanchez,  Co C, 18th (Cons.) LA Infantry
Capt. M. Gracia Soto, Recruiting Officer (TX)
Capt. A. Pons Valencia, Co. 3, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
Capt. Manuel Yturri, Co F, 3rd TX Infantry
Capt. A. Gonzalez Vigil, Jackson Rifle Battn., LA Militia
Capt. J. Viosca, Co. H, Orleans Guards, LA Militia
Capt. James W Terrell, Company A. Cherokee Battalion, Thomas’ North Carolina Legion

Capt. Matthew H Love Company A. Cherokee Battalion, Thomas’ North Carolina Legion

Capt. Gideon M Hanks, Company B. Cherokee Battalion, Thomas’ North Carolina Legion
Capt. James Taylor, Company B. Cherokee Battalion, Thomas’ North Carolina Legion

Capt. Campbell H Taylor, Company C. Cherokee Battalion, Thomas’ North Carolina Legion

Capt. James Welch, Company C. Cherokee Battalion, Thomas’ North Carolina Legion

Capt. Black Fox, Company D. Cherokee Battalion, Thomas’ North Carolina Legion

Capt. Robert White, Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. Harrison J Payden
Capt. W C Dunn, Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. William H Shannon, Company A. Bryan’s Battalion, Cherokee Partisan Rangers

Capt. Joseph L Martin, Company B. Bryan’s Battalion, Cherokee Partisan Rangers

Capt. John R Harden, Company C. Bryan’s Battalion, Cherokee Partisan Rangers

Capt. Alexander Wofford, Company D. Bryan’s Battalion, Cherokee Partisan Rangers

Capt. E M Adair, Company D. Bryan’s Battalion, Cherokee Partisan Rangers

Capt. John Miller, Company E. Bryan’s Battalion, Cherokee Partisan Rangers

Capt. Charles H Holt, 1st (Holt’s) Squadron, Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. Daniel H Coody, Company C. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. Buzzard, Company A. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. Joseph F Smallwood, Company F. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. George H Starr, Company G. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. John Thompson Mayes, Company H. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. George W Johnson, Company I. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. James H Thompson, Company K. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. Bluford West Alberty, Company L. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. Thomas J Parks, Company M. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. Hugh Tinnin, Company A.

Capt. Benjamin B Wisner, Company B. (prev sgt, 1st Co D)

Capt. Charles Lowery, Company C. (prev sgt, 1st Co E)

Capt. J S Knight, Company D. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. Alexander Foreman, Company E. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. John W Brown, Company E. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. Dumplin O Fields Company F. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. James L Butler, Company G. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. John Spears, Company H. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. John Foster, Company H. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. Moses C Frye, Major of Frye’s Battalion, 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers
Capt. William W Alexander Company I. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. James Stuart, Company K. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers
Capt. William H Acridge, Acridge’s Company 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. O H Perry Brewer, Brewer’s Compan1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. D C Patton, Patton’s Company 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. John Vann, Vann’s Company 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. Jefferson D Hicks, Company A. 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. Nicholas B Sanders, Company B. 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. John Porum Davis, Company C. 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles
Capt. Isaac N Hildebrand, Company D. 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. James Vann, Company E. 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. Richard Fields, Company F. 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. George W Scraper, Company G. 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. Edward R Hicks, Company H. 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. Albert Pike Company I. 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. Pickens M Benge, Company K. 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. James McDaniel, Reserve Company 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. Joseph A Scales, Company A. Frye’s Battallion

Capt. Joel B Mayes Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles Capt

Capt Joseph V Carden, 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles
Capt Israel G Vore, 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt Harrison J Payden, Bryan’s Battalion, Cherokee Mounted Rifles
Capt. J W Phagan, Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Chapl. Rev Elder L Compere, Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. John Miller, Cherokee Battalion, Special Service

Capt. W H Hendren, Company C. Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. Joseph L Martin, Company D. Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. D C Patton, Company E. Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. Thomas F Brewer, Company F. Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. William H Acridge, Company G. Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles
Capt. William H Shannon, Company H. Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. Cary Walker, Company I. Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. E M Adair, Company K. Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. Charles H Holt, Company L. Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles
Capt. Morgan, Company ?. 1st Battalion, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Capt. John Spears, Company H. 1st Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Capt. John Miller, Cherokee Battalion, Special Service

Capt. Owens, Company ?. Cherokee Battalion, Special Service

Capt. Lucien B Bell, 1st Indian Brigade

Capt Thomas F Anderson, 1st Indian Brigade
Capt. John Wilkin, Choctaw Infantry

Maj. Walter Thompson Adair, Surgeon; Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Maj. Broken Arm, Osage Calvary Battalion

Maj. Elias Cornelius Boudinot, 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles; later became delegate to Congress of the Confederate States of America.

Maj. George Cloud, 1st Battalion; Seminole Cavalry

Maj. Jacob Derrysaw, 1st Battalion Creek Cavalry

Maj. Moses C. Frye, Fry’s Battalion, Cherokee Calvary

Maj. T. Porter Hammock, 2nd Regiment Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Maj. J.R. Harden, 2nd Regiment Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Maj. Erasmus J Howland, 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Maj. Willis J. Jones, 1st Regiment Choctaw and Chickasaw Mounted Rifles

Maj. Mitchell LeFlore, 1st Regiment Choctaw and Chickasaw Mounted Rifles

Maj. Sampson Loering, 1st Regiment Choctaw and Chickasaw Mounted Rifles

Maj. James McHenry, 1st Battalion Creek Cavalry

Maj. Jonathan Nail, Sheco’s Battallion, Chickasaw Cavalry

Maj. John Page, 3rd Regiment Choctaw Cavalry

Maj. Thomas Pegg, 1st Regiment, Cherokee Cavalry

Maj. J. W. Pierce, 1st Battalion Choctaw Calvary

Maj. Lemuel M. Reynolds, 1st Battalion, Chickasaw Calvary

Maj. Joseph A. Scales, Fry’s Battalion, Cherokee Calvary

Maj. John Vann, 2nd Regiment Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Maj. Moses C Frye, 1st Battalion, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Maj. Joseph Absalom Scales, 1st Battalion, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Maj James P Evans, 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Maj. Joel M Bryan, Bryan’s Battalion, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Maj. Joel M Bryan , Cherokee Battalion, Special Service

Maj. T Porter Hammock, Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles
Maj. John R Harden, Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles
Maj. John F Vann, Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Maj. Thomas M Colley, Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Maj. William J Dupree, Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Maj. John R Harden, Company C. Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Maj. Joel B Mayes 1st Indian Brigade

Maj. Benjamin W Meyer, 1st Battalion, Cherokee Cavalry

Maj. John F Vann, Company I. Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Maj. Thomas Pegg, 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Maj. Joseph Franklin Thompson Company E. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Maj. Erasmus J Howland, Company D. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Maj. Joseph A Scales, 1st Indian Brigade

Maj. Walter Thompson Adair, 1st Indian Brigade

Maj. William Holland Thomas, Company A. Cherokee Battalion, Thomas’ North Carolina Legion

Maj. George Washington, Frontier Battalion, Northwest Frontier Command of Indian Territory, the last military officer of the Confederate States of America to surrender, doing so in July 1865.

Maj. James W. Cooper, Cooper's Battalion, Northwest Frontier Command of Indian Territory

Maj. F. A. Moreno, 17th Alabama Infantry
Maj. Samuel Gonzalez, C.S. Marine Corps (Naval Storekeeper, Pensacola, FL)
Maj. A. Lopez, 2nd Alabama  Militia Volunteers
Maj. Aristides Monteiro, 26th Virginia Infantry
Maj. Francisco Ribot, Cazadores Espanoles Reg't, LA Milita

Lt. Col. William Baya, Co. D, 8th Florida Infantry
Lt. Col. Frank Angello, Co. C, Mosby's Reg't, Virginia Cavalry
Lt. Col. J. M. Anquera, Cazadores Espanoles Regiment, Lousiana Militia

Lt. Col. William R. McIntosh, 1st Battalion Creek Cavalry

Lt. Col. F. Battice, First Choctaw War Regiment

Lt. Col. Joel M Bryan, Cherokee Battalion, Special Service

Lt. Col. O.H.P. Brewer, 2nd Regiment Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Lt. Col. Samuel Chekote, 1st Battalion Creek Cavalry

Lt. Col. David R. Hawkins, 2nd Regiment Choctaw Cavalry

Lt. Col.Pink Hawkins, 2nd Battalion Creek Cavalry

Lt. Col. John Jumper, 1st Battalion; Seminole Cavalry

Lt. Col. Tom Lewis, 3rd Regiment Choctaw Cavalry

Lt. Col. Robert Calvin Parks 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Lt. Col. James Riley, 1st Regiment Choctaw and Chickasaw Mounted Rifles

Lt. Col. William P. Ross, 1st Regiment, Cherokee Cavalry

Lt. Col. Martin Sheco, Sheco’s Battallion, Chickasaw Cavalry

Lt. Col. Thomas Fox Taylor, 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Lt. Col. Joseph Franklin Thompson, 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Lt. Col. Clement Neeley Vann, 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Lt. Col. O H Perry Brewer, Company F. Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Lt. Col. Robert Calvin Parks, Company B. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Lt. Col. James Madison Bell, Company D. 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Lt. Col. Willam Potter Ross, 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Lt. Col Rev Lewis Downing, 3rd Indian Home Guards

Lt. Joel B Mayes, Bryan’s Battalion, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Lt. Col. James Madison Bell, Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Lt. Col. O H Perry Bewer, Adair’s Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Lt. Col. Joel M Bryan, Cherokee Battalion, Special Service
Col. John Drew, 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Col. George W Adair, 1st Cherokee Mounted Volunteers

Col. William Holland Thomas, Cherokee Battalion, Thomas’ North Carolina Legion

Col. William Penn Adair 2nd Regiment Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Col. Timothy Barnett, 2nd Battalion Creek Cavalry

Col. James Madison Bell, 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles

Col. Douglas H. Cooper, 1st Regiment Choctaw and Chickasaw Mounted Rifles

Col. John Drew, 1st Regiment, Cherokee Cavalry

Col. Simpson N. Folsom, First Choctaw War Regiment

Col. Sampson Folsom, 2nd Regiment Choctaw Cavalry

Col. Joseph D. Harris, 1st Battalion, Chickasaw Calvary

Col. Jackson McCurtain, 3rd Regiment Choctaw Cavalry

Col. Chilly McIntosh, 2nd Battalion Creek Cavalry
Col. Daniel N. McIntosh, 1st Battalion Creek Cavalry
Col. Roswell W. Lee, Northwest Frontier Command of Indian Territory
Col. Ambrosio J. Gonzales, (Cuban) Chief of Artillery under Gen. Beauregard, Hardee and Johnston
Col. Santos Benavides, Mexican American who commanded the Confederate 33rd Texas Cavalry; one of the first to take up arms and one of the last to surrender.
Col. Tandy Walker, 2nd Regiment Choctaw and Chickasaw Mounted Rifles, promotion to brigadier general unsuccessful due to Confederate Congress’s abandonment of Richmond prior to the vote.
General Thomas Jordan, Cuban American and Confederate general responsible for early codes used in spying on Washington.
General Stand Watie, 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles
John Newland Maffitt, Paraguayan who served the Confederacy as the CSS Florida's commander.
Thomas Jefferson Page, an Argentine and a Confederate naval commander who learned of the war's end in Cuba after sailing the ironclad CSS Stonewall from Spain.
John Randolph Tucker, Peruvian-Chilean who headed the Charleston Confederate Naval Squadron.
Francis Hernandez, CS Navy Pilot for the CSS Atlanta, CSS Macon, CSS Isondiga (Savannah Squadron)
José Agustín Quintero, First Latin-American Diplomat in North American History; Cuban poet and revolutionary, served as Confederate States Commissioner to Northern Mexico
Ambrosio José González, Cuban revolutionary and artillery officer under Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard in Charleston.
Cuban revolutionary journalist John Thrasher and Superintendent of the Confederate Press Association
Santiago Vidaurri, governor of the border states of Coahuila and Nuevo León who offered to secede northern Mexico and join the Confederacy.
Narciso Monturiol scientist who offered the Confederacy his advanced submarine Ictineo to smash the Federal blockade.
James Hamilton Tomb, a Brazilian served as a Confederate engineer on the innovative semi-submarine ship David.
Hunter Davidson, an Argentine and Confederate torpedo (submarine mine) scientist who was active in development of the science surrounding torpedoes.
Governor Winchester Colbert, governor of the Chickasaws, was the last civilian leader of the Confederate States of America to surrender, July 16, 1865, at Tishomingo, I.T.
Elias Cornelius Boudinot, a Cherokee, was a delegate to Congress of the Confederate States of America.

 

These are but a few of the American Indian and Latino officers, scientists, doctors and politicians who chose to aid the Confederacy with their means, lives, and sacred honor. Still greater in number are the countless enlisted men and women of all races and religions who fought, died, and gave their blood sweat and tears to the cause of liberty.

After the end of the War Between the States, Northern Carpetbaggers filled with zeal and the racist beliefs of their spiritual leader, Abraham Lincoln, descended on the South like a virus spreading their message of hate both to school children and to the masses who they sought to convince of the inferiority of all but the White Race. The messages of hate spread by Mr. Lincoln were clearly visible to the Northern public prior to and after they elected him to be President of the United States as a sign of support for his vision of society. In the Lincoln-Douglas debate , Charleston, Illinois, September 18, 1858, Mr. Lincoln indicated that: 
"I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races. I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race."

The beliefs and conduct of Mr. Lincoln and other northerners stand in stark contrast to those of the political and military leaders of the Confederacy as well as the social reality which existed in the Confederacy at the time. Confederate General Robert E Lee, freed his family slaves before the war, while United States General U.S. Grant continued to hold slaves until the 13th Amendment to the Constitution forever barred this great evil and most shameful of activities. When asked why he didn't free his slaves earlier, General Grant said, "Good help is so hard to come by these days."

Prior to the war’s start, Confederate President Jefferson Davis adopted Jim Limber Davis, a slave boy whose freedom he had purchased, bringing him into the Confederate White House to live as his own son. This act of humanity stands in stark contrast to the words of President of the United States Abraham Lincoln who wrote Horace Greeley editor of the New York Tribune on Aug. 22, 1862 to say: "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it...." Interestingly, the Confederate Constitution prohibited the African slave trade outright unlike the U.S. Constitution.

Confederate soldiers of African American, American Indian and Latino heritage began the fight to end segregation in 1861 but this Northerner, Abraham Lincoln, raised the largest military force in U.S. History to try to stop us.

After the war Lincoln’s supporters made the trek down South to convert Southerners to their unique Anglo-American brand of hatred.

Since 1865 Northern racists have attempted to bring their own brand of Anglo racist ideology to the South to convert Southerners. Today the United States premier racist organizations, the National Alliance (Hillsboro, West Virginia), World Church of the Creator (Riverton, Wyoming), Aryan Nations (Leola, Pennsylvania), and Ku Klux Klan (Butler, Indiana) are still all based in the North and are still bent on indoctrinating Southerners to their brand of racism.

Yankee Carpetbaggers of old who made their way to the South like a plague of locus to convert Southerners to their racist ideologies would certainly be proud to see that after nearly 150 years their descendants are still trying to convert the Southern people. Following this 150 year tradition of missionaries of hate, Richard Barrett a little known, mediocre racist has done his best to convert White Southerners to his brand of racism thus sowing dissent among Southerners. From humble beginnings as a Yankee growing up on the hard streets of New York City and East Orange, New Jersey, to his pathetic attempt to convince the people of Mississippi that we should support racism and elect him as governor, to his failed election campaign for Congress, to his "Independence From Affirmative Action Day" march back home in New Jersey, Richard Barrett has proven himself to be one of the most pathetic excuses for a racist leader in the history of the United States. Unlike real racist leaders who can mobilize at least a few people of like mind, Mr. Barrett is known to claim success at marches that bring in only 1-2 supporters and 3000-4000 people who despise racism in all of its forms. Some observers have concluded that Barrett’s inability to call on a pool of intelligent supporters (or indeed any supporters) led him when he created the Nationalist Party to the make the desperate decision to steal the symbol of the Hungarian Nazi Party (A Nyilaskeresztes Párt) and adopt it under a new name as the symbol of his new organization.

For the past 20+ years Barrett has been active in his attempts to convert Southerners to his racist Anglo-American/Yankee ideology, ironically if possible his support has only declined throughout the years.

Although Barrett is a joke with no following but those protesting him, he is a symptom of a larger problem. The mere fact that a Yankee like Barrett, who has systematically attempted to divide Southerners of all ethnic backgrounds, has been able to live in Mississippi and make a living in the South shows that a significant problem exists within our Society. It is time for all Southerners of all races and ethnicities to unite as did our forefathers to take a firm stand against those who would seek to divide us and keep us economically subservient.

Its time to roll back the tide against the Northern racists and those who have bought into their ideology who have for years sought to convert us. Southerners must throw off the shackles of racism and reunite as one people whether they be African American, American Indian, Latino, or White.

The quest for Social Justice is not a cause, it is the basic element of life. Those who yield to the tyranny of a superior sovereign and fail to stand for that which is right and just today are doomed to suffer tomorrow as the horror of their inaction bears fruit.

Freedom & Unity in Dixie — God Save the South

Deo Vindice

 

 

 

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