Albert Pike.
(No photograph in uniform is known to exist.) Mexican War veteran. Appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs by the Confederate government at the outbreak of war. Commissioned as a brigadier general in August 1861. Responsible for the Department of the Indian Territory, where he recruited Native...
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(No photograph in uniform is known to exist.) Mexican War veteran. Appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs by the Confederate government at the outbreak of war. Commissioned as a brigadier general in August 1861. Responsible for the Department of the Indian Territory, where he recruited Native Americans to fight for the Confederacy. Major campaigns and battles include Pea Ridge. Because of questions regarding Indian conduct at Pea Ridge, Pike resigned his Confederate commission. After the war, he resumed his writing career and became a well known poet and author. He died in Washington, D.C., in April 1891 and is buried there. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 5. National Historical Society, 1991. |
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Q0000000119Q119Albert Pike.(No photograph in uniform is known to exist.) Mexican War veteran. Appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs by the Confederate government at the outbreak of war. Commissioned as a brigadier general in August 1861. Responsible for the Department of the Indian Territory, where he recruited Native Americans to fight for the Confederacy. Major campaigns and battles include Pea Ridge. Because of questions regarding Indian conduct at Pea Ridge, Pike resigned his Confederate commission. After the war, he resumed his writing career and became a well known poet and author. He died in Washington, D.C., in April 1891 and is buried there. Sources: Boatner, Mark M. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Davis, William C., ed. The Confederate General. Vol. 5. National Historical Society, 1991.1860-1869Pike, Albert, 1809-1891Still imagePhotographs; Studio portraits; Cartes-de-visiteYoung, Dr. Richard C.Dr. Richard C. Young Confederate officers photograph albumLPP4, #138v5914Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.600 PPI TIFFLPP00168http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/6398 |
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