'First Blood' Acton afternoon of August 17 1862
five settlers killed
Attack on Lower Sioux Agency morning of August 18 1862
all agency buildings burned by the Dakota
only the original stone warehouse in photo left standing
whites killed = 1
Lower Sioux Agency interior of warehouse
restored by MN Historical Society 1997
Ambush of US Soldiers by Dakota at Redwood Ferry
afternoon of August 18 1862
US soldiers killer = 24, drowned = 1, wounded = 5, Dakota killed = 1
'Slaughter Slough" Lake Shetek Massacre Currie Minnesota
afternoon of August 20 1862
of 36 settlers fleeing, 15 were killed.
The dead were reburied near Lake Shetek in 1863.
burial site was expanded to Lake Shetek State Park in 1929
Battle of Fort Ridgely August 20 and 22 1862
US soldiers killed = 4, wounded = 13, Dakota killed = 2, wounded = 5
Battle of New Ulm morning of August 19 and 23 and 24 1862
300 settlers vs 600 Dakota
settlers killed = 10, wounded = 50, Dakota casualties unknown
Battle of Birch Coulee ambush at 4:30 am September 1 -2 1862
US soldiers killed = 13, wounded = 47, horses killed = 90, Dakota killed = 2
Siege of Fort Abercrombie North Dakota
August 20 - September 23 (5 weeks) 1862
US soldiers killed = 5, wounded = 2, Dakota casualties unknown
Battle of Wood Lake ambush at 7:15 am September 23 1862
1,630 US soldiers vs 735 Dakota
battle lasted two hours
US soldiers killed = 7, wounded = 50?, Dakota killed = 30?
Surrender of Dakota at Camp Release September 26 1862
captives released by Dakota: 107 settlers, 162 mixed bloods
Arrival of Condemned Dakota Camp Lincoln west of Mankato
noon - November 10 1862
370 Dakota captives 225 US soldiers
attacked by vigilante mob of 150 settlers at 11:30 pm December 4
soldiers moved Dakota to Mankato stockade December 5 for safety
site now Sibley Park, city of Mankato
Arrival of Dakota Non-combatants
Fort Snelling Internment/Concentration Camp November 14 1862
1,600 women, children, elderly
now part of Fort Snelling State Park
Hanging of 38 Condemned Dakota Mankato
10:10 am December 26 1862 (exact time of this photo)
303 Dakota sentenced to death, 264 reprieved by President Lincoln
survivor from Lake Shetek massacre cut the rope to hang the Dakota
38 Dakota hanged, 1 last minute reprieve, 2 innocent mistakenly hanged
observed by 2,000 US troops, 4,000 spectators
largest mass execution in the history of the US
exact site of gallows where crowd is standing far right
Dakota Internment/Concentration Camp Fort Snelling
winter 1862/1863
November 14 1862 - May 4 1863
1,600+ women, children, elderly non-combatants
300+ died over the winter; starvation and disease
now part of Fort Snelling State Park
View of Dakota Internment/Concentration Camp
Half Moon Battery Historic Fort Snelling
area is now completely forested
Removal of Dakota Non-combatants from Minnesota Fort Snelling
May 4 1863
1,300 survivors on two steamboats
2,000 Winnebago Indians, not involved in the uprising, also removed
cost US government $337,000 (1863 dollars)
Historic Fort Snelling on the left, Fort Snelling State Park center
Ferry Landing Dakota Non-combatant Removal from Minnesota
Fort Snelling May 4 1863
confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers
west end of Pike Island, part of Fort Snelling State Park
Dakota Non-combatant Relocation Crow Creek/Fort Thompson
South Dakota May 31 1863
200 Dakota will die in the first six months after relocation
Spirit of the Circle Monument (2002)
Dakota Non-combatant Relocation
Crow Creek/Fort Thompson South Dakota May 31 1863
13 flags = 10 Dakota nations plus US, Canada & Native American veterans
