Confederate States Bureau of Indian Affairs

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The Confederate States Bureau of Indian Affairs was a subdivision of the Confederate States War Department established in 1861 to handle the duties the War Department was charged with regarding the Confederacy's relations with the various Indian Nations with which it interacted.

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Commissioners of the Bureau

ImageNameTook officeLeft office
David Hubbard (politician).jpg David Hubbard 15 March 18617 April 1862
Sutton S. Scott 8 April 18621863
David Hubbard (politician).jpg David Hubbard 186321 February 1865
DHCooper.jpg Brig. Gen. Douglas H. Cooper 21 February 1865April 1865

Commanders of the Department of the Indian Territory

ImageNameTook officeLeft office
General Albert Pike, C.S.A.jpg Brig. Gen. Albert Pike 16 March 1861 ? 1862
B McCulloch civ ACW.jpg Brig. Gen. Benjamin McCulloch  ?7 March 1862
General Albert Pike, C.S.A.jpg Brig. Gen. Albert Pike 7 March 18625 November 1862
DHCooper.jpg Col. Douglas H. Cooper 5 November 18628 January 1863
WSteeleACW (cropped).jpg Brig. Gen. William Steele 8 January 186311 December 1863
Samuel Bell Maxey Collection - 1981 177 73 2222 189 (8681881428).jpg Brig. Gen. Samuel B. Maxey 11 December 186321 February 1865
DHCooper.jpg Brig. Gen. Douglas H. Cooper 21 February 1865April 1865

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