Stand Watie's Surrender

Degadoga, the Cherokee name Stand Watie shortened to Stand, means stand firm. Born in 1806 at Oothcaloga in the Cherokee Nation, in present Georgia, he and his brother Elias Boudinot signed the 1835 Treaty of New Echota, a removal treaty most Cherokee opposed. In June 1839 Boudinot, Major Ridge and John Ridge were killed by the treaty's opponents; Watie survived. Commissioned colonel of the 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles in October 1861, he fought at Pea Ridge and in 1864 became the only Native American to reach brigadier general in the Confederate army. He died at Honey Creek in 1871.

What the plaque says

Stand Watie's Surrender Here at Doaksville, June 23, 1865, Brigadier General Stand Watie, Cherokee Indian, was the last Confederate general to surrender. Oklahoma Historical Society, 1965

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Fort Towson Historic Site — 0.8 mi
  The 1824 Red River post where arriving Choctaw and Chickasaw families were dispersed after removal, beside the site of Doaksville, the Choctaw capital where Stand Watie surrendered in 1865.

More markers nearby

• Doaksville — steps away
• Transportation Crossroads — 0.9 mi
• Fort Towson Landing — 1.5 mi
• Fort Towson — 1.5 mi