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Attack On Hutchinson
The Attack on Hutchinson occurred on September 4, 1862 during the Dakota War of 1862 as a part of Little Crow, Chief Little Crow's incursion into the Big Woods area of Minnesota. On September 3, Little Crow encountered Captain Strout's Company B, 10th Minnesota Infantry Regiment near Acton, Minnesota, Acton and chased it to the stockade of the town of Hutchinson, Minnesota, Hutchinson. On September 4 Little Crow attacked with 200 warriors and destroyed most of the buildings outside of the stockade. Small firefights broke out between the Hutchinson Home Guard and Sioux warriors, but the Dakota failed to breach the town's defenses. Little Crow's men subsequently retreated, bringing as much loot as they could carry. Background Fortification of Hutchinson Word of the attack at the Lower Sioux Agency on August 18 had spread quickly throughout Minnesota, frontier settlements and counties drafted militia and constructed fortifications in response. In the central area of the state, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dakota War Of 1862
The Dakota War of 1862, also known as the Sioux Uprising, the Dakota Uprising, the Sioux Outbreak of 1862, the Dakota Conflict, or Little Crow's War, was an armed conflict between the United States and several eastern bands of Dakota people, Dakota collectively known as the Santee Sioux. It began on August 18, 1862, when the Dakota, who were facing starvation and Forced displacement, displacement, attacked the Lower Sioux Agency and white settlements along the Minnesota River valley in southwest Minnesota. The war lasted for five weeks and resulted in the deaths of hundreds of settlers and the displacement of thousands more. In the aftermath, the Dakota people were exiled from their homelands, forcibly sent to reservations in the Dakotas and Nebraska, and the State of Minnesota confiscated and sold all their remaining land in the state. 1862 Mankato mass execution, Thirty-eight Dakota men were subsequently hanged for crimes committed during the conflict in the largest mass execut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
