Battle of Big Mound
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The Battle of Big Mound was a United States Army victory in July 1863 over the Santee Sioux Indians allied with some Yankton, Yanktonai and Teton Sioux in Dakota Territory.
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Battle of Big Mound | |||||||
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Part of Sioux Wars, American Civil War | |||||||
Big Mound battlefield | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States of America |
Santee Sioux Yankton, Yanktonai and Teton Sioux | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Henry Hastings Sibley |
Inkpaduta Standing Buffalo | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2,056 soldiers 60 mixed-blood and Sioux scouts | 1,000-1,500 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3 killed, 4 wounded | uncertain, 9 or more killed[1] |
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