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    The Battle of Birch Coulee occurred on September 2–3, 1862, and resulted in the heaviest casualties suffered by U.S. forces during the Dakota War of 1862...
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    Big Eagle (category Native American people of the Indian Wars)
    Minnesota from a Dakota point of view. Chief Big Eagle is featured in the "Two Men, One War" marker and the "Battle of Birch Coulee – Big Eagle" marker erected...
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    Birch Coulee Battlefield in Renville County, Minnesota, United States, was the site of the Battle of Birch Coulee, the costliest military engagement for...
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  • Lower Sioux Agency. The Battle of Redwood Ferry and Battle of Birch Coulee both took place within the township. The Birch Coulee Battlefield historic site...
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    memory of the U.S. soldiers who lost their lives in the Battle of Wood Lake. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Birch Coulee Battlefield...
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    in Morton. The 1862 Battle of Birch Coulee took place in what would later become the town of Morton and the adjacent Birch Coulee Township. According...
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  • of battles won by Indigenous peoples of the Americas: Battle of Birch Coulee Battle of Bloody Run Battle of Cieneguilla Battle of Devil's Hole Battle...
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    defeat at the Battle of Birch Coulee and the sieges at Hutchinson, Forest City and Fort Abercrombie caused further panic, as the exodus of Minnesota settlers...
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    victories at the Battle of Redwood Ferry, their assault on New Ulm, and the Battle of Birch Coulee, as well as minor losses at the Battle of Fort Ridgely...
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  • 6th Minnesota Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from Minnesota)
    the war. Survivors of Birch Coulee defeated Dakota warriors in the decisive Battle of Wood Lake a few weeks later. At the end of September, they also...
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