Battle of Big Mound

Battle of Big Mound
Part of Sioux Wars, American Civil War

Big Mound battlefield
DateJuly 24, 1863
Location
Dakota Territory
Present-day Kidder County, North Dakota
Result U.S. victory
Belligerents
United States of America Santee Sioux
Yankton, Yanktonai and Teton Sioux
Commanders and leaders
Henry Hastings Sibley Inkpaduta
Standing Buffalo
Strength
2,056 soldiers
60 mixed-blood and Sioux scouts		 1,000–1,500
Casualties and losses
3 killed, 4 wounded Uncertain, 9 or more killed

The Battle of Big Mound was a United States Army victory in July 1863 over the Santee Sioux Indians allied with some Yankton, Yanktonai and Teton Sioux in Dakota Territory.

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