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The Dakota War of 1862, also known as the Sioux Uprising, the Dakota Uprising, the Sioux Outbreak of 1862, the Dakota Conflict, or Little Crow's War, was an armed conflict between the United States and several eastern bands of Dakota collectively known as the Santee Sioux.
The Attack at the Lower Sioux Agency was the first organized attack led by Dakota leader Little Crow in Minnesota on August 18, 1862, and is considered the initial engagement of the Dakota War of 1862. It resulted in 13 settler deaths, with seven more killed while fleeing the agency for Fort Ridgely. [1]
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 ...
Little Crow, leader of the Mdewakanton during the 1862 Dakota War, c. 1863. By 1862, shortly after a failed crop the year before and a winter starvation, the federal payment was late. The local traders refused to issue any credit to the Dakota. One trader, Andrew Myrick, went so far as to say, "If they're hungry, let them eat grass." [52]
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 .
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 1st Dakota Cavalry was a Union battalion of two companies raised in the Dakota Territory during the American Civil War. They were deployed along the frontier, primarily to protect the settlers during the Dakota War of 1862 .
The Attack on Forest City was a skirmish of the Dakota War of 1862. After fighting two engagements at Acton and Hutchinson, Chief Little Crow attacked the stockaded town of Forest City on September 4, 1862. The attack resulted in sporadic shootouts, the burning of several buildings, and the theft of horses found around the town, but the ...