Last Raid at Cabin Creek
Civil War Documentaries
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1h 28m
This award wining documentary tells the true story of the final Confederate raid into what is now northeastern Oklahoma. The military operation was planned by Confederate Brigadier General Stand Watie and was executed by Brigadier General Richard M. Gano.
Called "one of the most brilliant and daring raids of the Civil War," the raid culminated in the capture of a union wagon supply train consisting of more than 300 wagons with goods valued at over $1.5 million. The wagon train was captured after a pitched battle on the bluffs of the Cabin Creek.
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