Battle of Birch Coulee
On the prairie half a mile east of here a party of about 160 troops was attacked by Sioux at dawn September 2, 1862, during the Outbreak. The force was surrounded for thirty hours, and lost over a third of its number in killed and wounded. The site is owned by the State.
Verbatim 1940 text, presented as a historical record, not current interpretation. Minnesota now calls the 1862 conflict the U.S.-Dakota War and has since replaced the wording on some of these signs.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBarry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBarry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBarry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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