| Battle of Chustenahlah | |||||||
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| Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Creeks Seminoles |
 CSA (Confederacy) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Opothleyahola |
Douglas H. Cooper James M. McIntosh Stand Watie | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,700 men | 1,380 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 250 killed and wounded 180 people captured |
9 killed 40 wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Chustenahlah was fought in Osage County, Oklahoma, (then Indian Territory) on December 26, 1861, during the American Civil War. A band of 9,000 pro-Union Native Americans was forced to flee to Kansas in bitter cold and snow in what became known as the Trail of Blood on Ice.