National Register Record for CABIN CREEK BATTLEFIELD

Historic Name: CABIN CREEK BATTLEFIELD
Current Name: SAME
Address: NEAR CABIN CREEK ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF CITY
City: PENSACOLA VICINITY            County: MAYES
Section: CENTER OF SECTION 12           Township: 23N           Range: 20E          
Description of significance: CABIN CREEK WAS THE SITE OF TWO BATTLES BETWEEN THE CONFEDERATE AND UNION FORCES IN INDIAN TERRITORY, FIRST IN 1863 AND THEN AGAIN IN 1864. THE BATTLEFIELD CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 125 ACRES, MOSTLY WOODED, THAT HAS BEEN LITTLE CHANGED SINCE THE CIVIL WAR PERIOD. THE SITE INCLUDES THE MASS GRAVE OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WHO PERISHED DURING THE ENGAGEMENTS. THE OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MAINTAINS A TEN-ACRE PORTION OF THE BATTLEFIELD. THIS AREA IS FENCED AS A MEMORIAL. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 7/27/1971.

Type: SITE
Historic Function: DEFENSE: BATTLE SITE
Current Function: AGRICULTURE; RECREATION AND CULTURE: OUTDOOR RECREATION: PARK
Area of Significance 1: MILITARY
Area of Significance 2: TRANSPORTATION
Architectural Style: None
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: UNKNOWN            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: WILEY BRITON, THE CIVIL WAR ON THE BORDER, NEW YORK, 1890, VOL.2, P. 87-100; ANNIE ROSSER CUBAGE, "ENGAGEMENT AT CABIN CREEK, INDIAN TERRITORY, 7/1-2/1863", THE CHRONICLES OF OKLAHOMA, VOL.10, P.44-51;
Date Prepared: 1/1971