VISUAL ACTIVITYNative American Soldier Both the Union and the Confederacy enrolled Native American soldiers, and Indians participated in several of the major battles in the western theater. Here an unidentified Indian in a Union uniform sits for a formal portrait.READING THE IMAGE: What do you suppose the soldier intended by posing with his weapons?CONNECTIONS: As the Union’s search for more soldiers expanded, who else was caught in the Northerners’ net?
Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield.