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    The Battle of Fort Ridgely was an early battle in the Dakota War of 1862. As the closest U.S. military post to the Lower Sioux Agency, the lightly fortified...
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    Fort Ridgely was a frontier United States Army outpost from 1851 to 1867, built 1853–1854 in Minnesota Territory. The Sioux called it Esa Tonka. It was...
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  • Look up ridgely in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ridgely may refer to: Ridgely, Maryland, U.S Ridgely Airpark Ridgely, Missouri, U.S Ridgely, Tennessee...
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  • Shakopee (Dakota leaders) (category Dakota War of 1862)
    toward Fort Ridgely. Little Six was reportedly among the chiefs who led their bands in the first Battle of Fort Ridgely, with the objective of overrunning...
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    joined Sibley's forces at Fort Ridgely on September 13.: 158  The final decisive battle of the war took place at the Battle of Wood Lake on September 23...
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    Fort Ridgely State Park is a state park of Minnesota, USA, on the Minnesota River south of Fairfax. It preserves Fort Ridgely, site of the Battle of Fort...
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    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, where...
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    5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from Minnesota)
    the south, particularly at the Battles of Fort Ridgely, Corinth and Nashville. On October 23, 1861, Assistant Secretary of War Thomas A. Scott sent correspondence...
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    known in the North as Battle of Antietam and Second Battle of Bull Run were referred to as the Battle of Sharpsburg and the Battle of Manassas, respectively...
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    Sheehan, who had left Fort Ridgely the day before with 50 men of Company C, 5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment, en route to Fort Ripley. Captain Marsh's...
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