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Aug. 14—The complicated tragedy of the U.S.-Dakota War is one that still leaves a mark, even 160 years later. This month the Brown County Historical Society, or BCHS, is updating its decade-old ...
The Dakota War - The United States Army Versus the Sioux, 1862-1865. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-7864-2726-4. Hatch, Thom (2020). The Blue, The Gray and The Red - Indian Campaigns of the Civil War. Turner Publishing Company. ISBN 9781684424559. Kingsbury, David L. (1898). Sully's Expedition Against the Sioux in 1864. Michino, Gregory F ...
Publication was planned for 2012 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the U.S.–Dakota War to offer a Dakota perspective on the causes and effects of the war, and make available Dakota history outside the war. Dakota were anticipating increased coverage for the anniversary, primarily from non-Dakota perspectives. Westerman said there was a ...
The Past Is Alive Within Us: The U.S.–Dakota Conflict (2013) is a video documentary examining Minnesota's involvement in the Dakota War during the Civil War, which had its major battlefields in the East. It provides both historical information and contemporary stories.
The Battle of Birch Coulee occurred on September 2–3, 1862, and resulted in the heaviest casualties suffered by U.S. forces during the Dakota War of 1862.The battle occurred after a group of Dakota warriors followed a U.S. burial expedition, including volunteer infantry, mounted guards and civilians, to an exposed plain where they were setting up camp.
The Dakota War of 1862, also known as the Sioux Uprising — in Minnesota and the Dakota Territory. Part of the 19th century Sioux Wars in the United States. The main article for this category is Dakota War of 1862 .
By order of the Department of War, organization of the 1st Dakota Cavalry began in the winter of 1861, with recruiting stations established at Yankton, Vermillion, and Bon Homme. [3] At Yankton, the 98 men of Company A were mustered into service on April 19, 1862 under the command of Captain Nelson Miner.
The Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribal community was officially formed in 1997 in Mendota, Minnesota, the "center of the universe" according to the ancestors of the Dakota. After the U.S.-Dakota War, these families assisted in trying to drive out the Dakota combatants along with other Minnesotans, and so were able to maintain residence near ...