Battle of Chustenahlah

Battle of Chustenahlah
	Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the; American Civil War
Date	December 26, 1861
Location	Osage County, Oklahoma
Result	Confederate victory
Belligerents
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.