Fort Gibson, Oklahoma | This fort, constructed in 1824, was abandoned in 1857, but it was reactivated during the Civil War and used as a base for post-war Reconstruction activities.

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800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73105, USA
Website: www.okhistory.org
The Oklahoma History Center, a division of the Oklahoma Historical Society, tells the comprehensive story of Oklahoma from the beginning, commemorating the Civil War and its impact on Oklahoma and the Union. The Confederate Memorial Research Room includes artifacts, relics, paintings, exhibits, and interpretations of the Civil War in Indian Territory. The same building houses the Oklahoma Historical Society Research Division (with extensive holdings of Indian units that fought in the Civil War, interviews with other veterans of the war, and "Ex-Slave Interviews" conducted in the 1930s) and the Oklahoma Historical Society Research Library.
Durant, Oklahoma | In the 1850s, this fort was a United States Army Artillery School, and it was later occupied by Confederate troops during the Civil War as the headquarters of Brig. Gen. Douglas Cooper.
Atoka, Oklahoma | This museum includes memorabilia from The Battle of Middle Boggy, and the battle is reenacted every third year at a nearby site by the Oklahoma Historical Society and Atoka County Historical Society.
Checotah, Oklahoma | The site was the largest of more than 107 documented hostile encounters in Indian Territory
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