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What was Stand Watie's highest military rank during the American Civil War?

  • Colonel

  • Major

  • Brigadier-General

  • Captain

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Stand Watie achieved the rank of Brigadier-General during the American Civil War. He was the only Native American Confederate general officer of the war and commanded Indian forces in the Trans-Mississippi Theater.
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