Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake, North Dakota
Monday, July 26, 1863
Event ID# BA001782
HISTORICAL NOTES:
Federal Troops Engaged: 1st Minnesota Cavalry, 3d Minnesota Battery, and 6th, 7th, and l0th Minnesota Infantry.
Indian Troops Engaged:Santee and Teton Sioux
Following the Battle of Big Mound on July 24, 1863, Brig. General Henry Hastings Sibley and his men moved their camp about four miles and then rested till the next day.
The morning of the 26th they set out and after marching about 14 miles, found the Sioux ready for battle. At first, the fighting was long range because the Indians refrained from closing with the soldiers.
The Indians attempted to flank the left side of the camp and run off the mules. After heavy fighting, the Mounted Rangers and infantry compelled the Indians to abandon their intentions.
Following this setback, the Sioux retreated, ending the battle. Sibley resumed his march after the Indians the next day. The Sioux were on the run.
Result(s): Union victory
Location: Kidder County
Campaign: Operations against the Sioux in North Dakota (1863)
Date(s): July 26, 1863
Principal Commanders: Brig. General Henry Hastings Sibley [US]; Chief Inkpaduta [I]
Forces Engaged: District of Minnesota [US]; Santee and Teton Sioux [I]
Estimated Casualties: Unknown
Source:
https://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/dk001.htm
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dyer, Frederick H. (1908 (Reprint 1998)). A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Cartersville, GA: Eastern Digital Resoruces.
Thrapp, Dan L (1991). Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography, 3 Volumes. University of Nebraska Press. p. 1698. ISBN 978-0-8032-9420-2.
Carley, Kenneth (2001). The Dakota War of 1862. Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0-87351-392-0.
Lounsberry, Clement Augustus (1919). Early History of North Dakota. Washington, DC: Liberty Press.
Robinson, Doane; State Historical Society (1904). South Dakota Historical Collections: a History of the Dakota or Sioux Indians. Aberdeen, SD: News Print Co.
Armstrong, Moses Kimball (1901). The Early Empire Builders of the Great West. St Paul, MN: E.W. Porter.
English, Abner M (1899-1902). Dakota's First Soldiers: History of the 1st Dakota Cavalry, 1861-65. Yankton, SD: Monthly South Dakotan.
Indian Troops Engaged:Santee and Teton Sioux
Following the Battle of Big Mound on July 24, 1863, Brig. General Henry Hastings Sibley and his men moved their camp about four miles and then rested till the next day.
The morning of the 26th they set out and after marching about 14 miles, found the Sioux ready for battle. At first, the fighting was long range because the Indians refrained from closing with the soldiers.
The Indians attempted to flank the left side of the camp and run off the mules. After heavy fighting, the Mounted Rangers and infantry compelled the Indians to abandon their intentions.
Following this setback, the Sioux retreated, ending the battle. Sibley resumed his march after the Indians the next day. The Sioux were on the run.
Result(s): Union victory
Location: Kidder County
Campaign: Operations against the Sioux in North Dakota (1863)
Date(s): July 26, 1863
Principal Commanders: Brig. General Henry Hastings Sibley [US]; Chief Inkpaduta [I]
Forces Engaged: District of Minnesota [US]; Santee and Teton Sioux [I]
Estimated Casualties: Unknown
Source:
Thrapp, Dan L (1991). Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography, 3 Volumes. University of Nebraska Press. p. 1698. ISBN 978-0-8032-9420-2.
Carley, Kenneth (2001). The Dakota War of 1862. Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0-87351-392-0.
Lounsberry, Clement Augustus (1919). Early History of North Dakota. Washington, DC: Liberty Press.
Robinson, Doane; State Historical Society (1904). South Dakota Historical Collections: a History of the Dakota or Sioux Indians. Aberdeen, SD: News Print Co.
Armstrong, Moses Kimball (1901). The Early Empire Builders of the Great West. St Paul, MN: E.W. Porter.
English, Abner M (1899-1902). Dakota's First Soldiers: History of the 1st Dakota Cavalry, 1861-65. Yankton, SD: Monthly South Dakotan.