The 1st Regiment of Creek Mounted Volunteers was organized in August 1861 under the command of Col. Daniel N. McIntosh. It saw action at Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, and Van Buren in Arkansas, and at Round Mountain, Chusto-Talasah, Chustenahlah, Webbers Falls, Greenleaf Prairie, and Cabin Creek in Indian Territory before being engaged at Honey Springs. Col. Chilly McIntosh organized the 2nd Regiment of Creek Mounted Volunteers in October 1862. As a regiment, it fought at Old Fort Wayne and Greenleaf Prairie in Indian Territory before seeing action at Honey Springs. Before the battle, McIntosh told his men that they must prove whether they were truly man children and that, since man must die sometime, no death was nobler than one suffered while fighting for home, fires, and country.