| Battle of Big Mound | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Sioux Wars, American Civil War | |||||||
 Big Mound battlefield | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States of America |
Santee Sioux Yankton, Yanktonai and Teton Sioux | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Henry Hastings Sibley |
Inkpaduta Standing Buffalo | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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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[1] | ||||||
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.
- ^ Clodfelter, Micheal. The Dakota War: The United States Army Versus the Sioux, 1862-1865. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1998, p 111