3 h 38 min, 2 sept. 1862 ans - Battle of Birch Coulee

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While he is at Fort Ridgely, Sibley sends a burial party to go collect and bury the deceased. While the burial party was at Birch Coulee, they were attacked by the Dakota. It is said that this was the hardest fought battle of the war. The Dakota kept the U.S. soldiers under siege for thirty-six hours before the U.S. sent a detachment from Fort Ridgely.