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Site Name Cabin Creek Battlefield Street Address 442370 East 367 Road City / State / Zip Big Cabin OK, 74332 Phone number Web Page   Admission Fee Free. Hours Daily during daylight hours. Visitor services Information, handicapped access. Regular Events September, last weekend every third year, battle reenactment (admission fee).     Directions From I-44 exit at Vinita onto U.S. 60/Oklahoma 82. Proceed east for 3 miles until these roads split; turn right, continuing to follow Oklahoma 82 for another 10 miles south to Oklahoma 28. Turn right, following Oklahoma 28 5 miles to Pensacola; turn right onto county road and proceed about 2.5 miles to the monument site. From I-40, exit 264B, take U.S. 69 north to Oklahoma 28 in town of Adair; turn right (east) and travel 8 miles to Pensacola; turn left (at sign) on county road and travel 2.5 miles to monument site.
Site Description
Two Civil War battles were fought at Cabin Creek, both were Confederate raids on Union supply wagon trains moving from Fort Scott toward Fort Gibson. On July 1-2, 1863, Stand Watie and the Confederates failed to stop the wagon train as it crossed Cabin Creek about 10 miles south of what is today Vinita. It was one of the first battles in which African Americans fought as a unit west of the Mississippi River. On September 18, 1864, Watie and the Confederates won the Second Battle of Cabin Creek, capturing 740 mules, 130 wagons, and more than $1.5 million in supplies, for which they received commendations from President Jefferson Davis and the Confederate Congress. Monuments to the leaders and soldiers of both sides were erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and are maintained by the Oklahoma Historical Society and the Friends of Cabin Creek at the battle site.

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