12h 4min, aug 19, 1862 y - First Strike on New Ulm
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Around 100 Dakota soldiers attack Fort Ulm at about 3:00 pm. After hours of vicious fighting, the Dakota “break off the attack” due to relentless rain. Then Henry Sibley gathers mostly ill-prepared civilians in pursuit of the Dakota.
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