On July 17th

The July 17, 1863 battle was the largest in Indian Territory; USCT and Native troops fought together. The record dates it to 1863-07-17. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. Sources including 'Honey Springs Battlefield' carry the record. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this

On July 17, 1863, Union forces under James Blunt defeated Confederate troops at Honey Springs — the largest battle fought in Indian Territory and a rare multiracial engagement in which white soldiers were a minority on both sides. The Union victory secured the Territory's rivers and roads; the battlefield is now a state historic site with trails across the actual ground.