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During the war, Dakota men attacked and killed over 500 white settlers, causing thousands to flee the area [13]: 107 and took hundreds of "mixed-blood" and white hostages, almost all women and children. [14] [15] By the end of the war, 358 settlers had been killed, in addition to 77 soldiers and 36 volunteer militia and armed civilians.
In the aftermath of the Dakota War of 1862, the U.S. government punished the Sioux, including those who had not participated in the war.Large military expeditions into Dakota Territory in 1863 pushed most of the Sioux to the western side of the Missouri River at least temporarily and made safer, although not entirely safe, the frontier of white settlement in Minnesota and the Dakotas.
In the aftermath of the Dakota War of 1862, the U.S. government continued to punish the Sioux, including those who had not participated in the war. Large military expeditions into Dakota Territory in 1863 pushed most of the Sioux to the western side of the Missouri River and made safer the frontier of white settlement in Minnesota and the ...
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
The people, places, and events associated with the Dakota Territory, particularly present day South Dakota, during the American Civil War. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as:
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 ...
August 4, Dakota break into food warehouses at the Lower Sioux Agency. August 17, a band of Dakota killed 5 white civilian settlers in Acton Township, Minnesota. August 18, Battle of Lower Sioux Agency and Battle of Redwood Ferry. August 19, 1st Battle of New Ulm; August 20 – August 22, Battle of Fort Ridgely; August 23, 2nd Battle of New Ulm
Ruins in Charleston, South Carolina at Charleston in the American Civil War, by George N. Barnard (restored by Adam Cuerden) Charge across the Burnside Bridge , by Edwin Forbes (restored by Adam Cuerden )