63 The Iroquois in the Civil War | Part 2 | The Tuscarora Company
Iroquois History and Legends
Andrew James Cotter
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🗓️ 14 January 2022
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Summary
In 1862, after struggling for over a year to join the war effort dozen of men from the Seneca and Tuscarora nation were finally given a chance to showcase their prowess and courage.
Notes
Armstrong, William H. Warrior in Two Camps: Ely S. Parker, Union General, and Seneca. Syracuse University Press, 1978.
Federal Publishing Company. The Union Army A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal States 1861-65 — Records of the Regiments in the Union Army — Cyclopedia of Battles — Memoirs of Commanders and Soldiers Volumn VI Cyclopedia of Battles — Helena Road to Z. United States Army Reports.
Madison, Wisconsin: Federal Publishing Company, 1908.
Gibson, Arrell Morgan. "Native Americans and the Civil War." American Indian Quarterly (Oct. 1985): 385–410.
Hauptman, Laurence M “A Seneca Indian in the Union Army: The Civil War Letters of Sergeant Isaac Newton Parker”, 1861-1865” 1995
Hauptman, Laurence M. The Iroquois in the Civil War: From Battlefield to Reservation. Syracuse University Press, 1992.
https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/army-logic-tuscarora-company-civil-war
Images of America Tuscarora Nation Bryan Printup and Neiil Patterson Jr. Arcadia Publishing 2007
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Iroquois History and Legends. |
| 0:22.6 | I am your favorite host, Caleb, here as always with my older brother. |
| 0:27.6 | What are we talking about today, Andrew? |
| 0:29.6 | Well, we're continuing our series on the Iroquois in the American Civil War. |
| 0:35.6 | That's right, I want to say last week, I don't know why, but it seems really blurry, |
| 0:40.7 | but I think we talked about Ely Parker. |
| 0:44.0 | And no? |
| 0:45.7 | No. |
| 0:47.2 | What was our last episode, Andrew? |
| 0:49.1 | We talked about the Seneca Cayuga tribe and the Western War in Indian territory between Stan Dwaydie and the Cherokees. |
| 0:57.8 | I had to go back and listen to it because it doesn't ring any bells. |
| 1:00.7 | I might learn something. |
| 1:01.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:02.3 | You should. |
| 1:03.0 | It's a very good episode. |
| 1:04.5 | Before that, well, we had an interview with somebody else, but before that, we had an April Fool's Day episode. |
| 1:12.8 | And before that, we had a three-part series on Ely Parker. |
| 1:15.6 | Okay. |
| 1:16.2 | That's the last thing I remember. |
| 1:19.2 | So today we're going to be focusing on another Parker, Ely's little brother. |
| 1:25.6 | It's not going to be just about him, but we're going to be talking about |
| 1:29.7 | 132nd regiment. They had a company called the Tuscarora Company. So let's begin. I guess since you |
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