Battle of the Neches

Battle of the Neches
	Part of the Texas-Indian Wars
Date	July 15 & 16, 1839
Location	West of modern Tyler, Texas
Result	Texan Victory
Belligerents
Republic of Texas; Tonkawa Indians	Cherokee Nation; Delaware Nation
Commanders and leaders
Gen. Kelsey Douglass; Gen. Thomas Rusk; Col. Edward Burleson; Chief Plácido	The Bowl†; Big Mush†
Strength
Approx. 500	600–700
Casualties and losses
8 killed; 29 wounded,; incl. Vice President Burnet	More than 100 killed

The Battle of the Neches, the main engagement of the Cherokee War of 1838–1839 (part of the Texas–Indian Wars), took place on 15–16 July in 1839 in what is now the Redland community (between Tyler and Ben Wheeler, Texas). It resulted from the Córdova Rebellion and Texas President Mirabeau Bonaparte Lamar's determination to remove the Cherokee people from Texas. Many Cherokee had migrated there from the American Southeast to avoid being forced to Indian Territory.

^ Moore, Stephen L. Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1838–1839.

[1] Moore, Stephen L. Rangers, Riflemen, and Indian Wars in Texas, 1838–1839.

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