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    The Battle of Wood Lake occurred on September 23, 1862, and was the final battle in the Dakota War of 1862. The two-hour battle, which actually took place...
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    defeated Little Crow at the Battle of Wood Lake.: 63  Little Crow and a group of 150 to 250 followers fled to the northern plains of Dakota Territory and Canada...
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    Big Eagle (category Native American people of the Indian Wars)
    in the Dakota War of 1862. Big Eagle surrendered soon after the Battle of Wood Lake and was sentenced to death and imprisoned, but was pardoned by President...
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    Gabriel Renville (category Dakota War of 1862)
    soldiers led by Little Crow were defeated by Sibley's army at the Battle of Wood Lake. Sibley and his troops arrived at the "friendly" camp on September...
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    3rd Minnesota Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union Army from Minnesota)
    suppression of the Dakota War of 1862. In September the 3rd Minnesota participated in the defeat of the Sioux at the Battle of Wood Lake on September...
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    Surrender at Camp Release (category Dakota War of 1862)
    Surrender at Camp Release was the final act in the Dakota War of 1862. After the Battle of Wood Lake, Colonel Henry Hastings Sibley had considered pursuing the...
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    0.6miles Delville Wood    The Battle of Delville Wood (15 July – 3 September 1916) was a series of engagements in the 1916 Battle of the Somme in the First...
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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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    The Battle of Polygon Wood took place from 26 September to 3 October 1917, during the second phase of the Third Battle of Ypres in the First World War...
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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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